eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 5z599 GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH English pressbook '52 Cecil B. DeMille circus classic,Charlton Heston Date Sold 2/16/2014Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical English Movie Pressbook (English pb; measures 9 3/4" x 14 3/4" [25 x 37 cm]; 26 pages) (Learn More) Cecil B. DeMille's The Greatest Show on Earth, the classic 1952 Cecil B. DeMille (nominated for the Best Director Academy Award) big top circus romantic love triangle melodrama ("Produced with the cooperation of Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey Circus"; "Mightiest Motion Pictures"; "Story by Fredric M. Frank, Theodore St. John, and Frank Cavett"; "Screenplay by Fredric M. Frank, Barre Lyndon and Theodore St. John"; "The Most Dangerous Place In The World... For Lovers To Meet!"; "Actually filmed under the big top!"; winner of the Best Picture Academy Award) starring Betty Hutton, Cornel Wilde (as The Great Sebastian), Charlton Heston, Dorothy Lamour, Gloria Grahame, James Stewart (Jimmy Stewart), Henry Wilcoxon, Lyle Bettger, Lawrence Tierney, Emmett Kelly (the real-life circus clown, perhaps the most famous one ever, in a cameo role, as himself!), Cucciola, Antoinette Concello, John Kellogg, John Ridgeley, Frank Wilcox, Bob Carson, Lillian Albertson, Julia Faye, and John Ringling North (in a cameo role as himself) NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that we have provided an image of the front and back covers of this English pressbook, and of course, the winner of this auction will receive the entire single pressbook we are auctioning (plus any supplements or heralds described above)! Also note that this English pressbook is complete and uncut! Given that theater owners purchased pressbooks partly in order to create their newspaper advertising, and quite frequently cut them up for that purpose, it is rare to find a pressbook that IS complete and uncut! Note that this pressbook is complete and uncut (as noted above). Condition: good, NO CUTS. There are two punch holes in the middle left of all pages, and some affect writing and images on some interior pages. The covers are separated at the spine and there are yellow tape stains where they were once taped together. There is pen writing in the top of the front cover. Learn More about condition grades
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