eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 5z664 JOURNEY'S END pressbook '30 Colin Clive in World War I, directed by James Whale! Date Sold 2/16/2014Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Pressbook (pb; measures 14" x 18 1/4" [36 x 46 cm]; 24 pages) (Learn More) Journey's End, the 1930 James Whale English/U.S. World War I (WWI) military melodrama ("The greatest screen drama of all time"; "An All-Talking Tiffany Production"; "From the play by R.C. Sherriff"; the writer of the movie, R.C. Sherriff, had been a soldier in World War I, and he wanted to truthfully depict the psychological horrors of serving in war, and he did so successfully in his screenplay for this movie, which had top actors) starring Colin Clive ("by special permission of Maurice Browne, Ltd"), Ian Maclaren, Anthony Bushell, David Manners, Charles Gerrard, Thomas Whitley, and Billy Bevan (one of the better Charlie Chaplin imitators of the time). Note that it was the success of this movie that would raise James Whale's profile and get him signed to Universal, and get him the directing assignment on the following year's "Frankenstein" (and he cast Colin Clive, whom he had worked with on this movie). 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 pressbook (if the back cover is not the poster page, we photographed the interior poster page), 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 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! Condition: very good, NO CUTS. The pressbook is complete and uncut. There is wear on the covers and some smudges and small tears around the edges. Learn More about condition grades
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