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Auction History Result 7w073 MISSION TO MOSCOW Garden City Publishing movie edition hardcover book 1943 Michael Curtiz Date Sold 7/13/2018 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. A Vintage Hardcover Book (measures 5 3/4" x 8 1/4" [15 x 21 cm]; 330 pages) (Learn More) Mission to Moscow, the 1943 Michael Curtiz Russia World War II (WWII) war-time political relations propaganda melodrama ("One American's journey into the truth!"; "The thrilling story of former United States Ambassador Joseph E. Davies"; "10,000 times stranger - 10,000 times stronger - Than Fiction!"; "You've heard about it- You've read about it- Now see it!"; "From the book by Joseph E. Davies") starring Walter Huston (as Joseph E. Davies), Ann Harding (as Mrs. Davies), George Tobias, Oscar Homolka (as Litvinov), Gene Lockhart (as Molotov), Helmut Dantine, Manart Kippen (as Stalin), Dudley Field Malone (as Churchill), Kurt Katch (as Timoshenko), Peter Goo Chong (as Shigemitzu), Maria Palmer (as Tanya Litvinov), John Abbott, Ivan Lebedeff, Cyd Charisse (uncredited in her third movie role), and Leigh Whipper. Note that this movie was made early in World War II by Warner Bros. at the specific request of FDR, who asked that the movie present Russia in a very positive light. Ironically, screenwriter Howard Koch was later blacklisted by the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), largely for his participation in this movie! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that this book does not have images from the movie scattered through it, but rather has a 16-page section of images from the movie inserted into the center of the book (we did not picture any of them, so you will have to buy the book to see them!). Note that this is the Garden City Publishing photoplay edition in its original dust jacket (one of a collection of such books we are auctioning in this set of auctions). Here are some more details about these books: Garden City (like Grosset & Dunlap) was a publisher that made a deal with some studios to publish "movie edition" hardcovers of novels that were currently adapted into movies. These books were incredibly popular in the 1920s and 1930s. Note that we have pictured the front cover, the title page, and the interior page that shows the publishing information, and one or more interior 2-page spreads. Because we know that the dust jacket is an important part of the value of this book, we also pictured the entire dust jacket opened up. Between that image and our other images, you should be able to get a good sense of the overall condition of this book. Condition: good. The dust jacket is in a protective sleeve. Learn More about condition grades 
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