eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 1p028 STATE SECRET English pressbook 1950 Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Glynis Johns, Jack Hawkins, rare! Date Sold 10/24/2017Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical English Movie Pressbook (English pb; measures 10 1/2" x 16 1/2" [27 x 42 cm]; 12 pages). Also included is an ad supplement that has one page. (Learn More) State Secret (released in the U.S. as "The Great Man-Hunt" and also under its original title), the 1950 Sidney Gilliat English crime suspense thriller ("Adventure sweeping across a continent!"; "Suddenly - they closed in and the chase was on..."; "HE knew too much to live!") starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Glynis Johns, Jack Hawkins, Herbert Lom, and Walter Rilla. Note that this movie was released in the U.S. in 1950 under its original title of "State Secret". Apparently, someone at Columbia Pictures decided the movie needed a more descriptive (or more exciting) title, and so new posters were printed in 1950 which give it the new title of "The Great Man-Hunt", and they add "Formerly Titled State Secret", probably so that fans of the original title would not be confused. Since both posters have the same 1950 NSS number, we consider them both to be first release, even though the one poster precedes the other by a short amount of time. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that we have never auctioned this English pressbook, which is a "country of origin" item for this English movie, before! Also note that pressbooks were prepared prior to a movie being released. Often, changes would be made in a movie advertising campaign (billing of actors, different images, etc.), and the theaters would print up special supplements that they would send out with the pressbooks that had already been printed. These supplements are very rare, far more rare than the pressbooks themselves! Some pressbooks would have no supplements, some would have one, and some would have several. Also note that we have provided an image of the front and back covers of this 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)! Finally, 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! Condition: good to very good, NO CUTS. The pressbook is complete and uncut and it was never folded. The covers have separated at the spine. Learn More about condition grades
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