eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 5c0370 CASE OF SERGEANT GRISCHA pressbook 1930 art of Russian Chester Morris & Betty Compson, rare! Date Sold 7/23/2020Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Pressbook (pb; measures 16" x 22" [41 x 56 cm]; 12 pages). Also included is an ad supplement that has 2 pages, and also a herald that has 2 pages. (Learn More) Herbert Brenon's The Case of Sergeant Grischa, the 1930 Herbert Brenon World War I (WWI) romantic prisoner of war spy espionage melodrama ("Herbert Brenon's Different Daring Drama"; "From the novel by Arnold Zweig"; about a Russian soldier in a German World War I prisoner of war camp; he escapes to Poland, but wants to return to Russia, and he does it by assuming the identity of a dead soldier, but it turns out that soldier was a spy, and he is condemned to death!; his wife gets a general to send a telegram to order his execution stayed, but the telegram doesn't make it, and the man goes bravely to his death!) starring Chester Morris (in the title role as Sergeant Grischa Paprotkin), Betty Compson, Jean Hersholt, Alec B. Francis, and Gustav von Seyffertitz. Note that this is a "lost" film which means that no surviving copies are thought to exist. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that we have never before auctioned this pressbook! Also note that when studios would prepare pressbooks they would often include a sample of the herald. Most often, the herald is no longer still with the pressbook. Sometimes, the herald by itself will sell for almost as much as the rest of the entire pressbook! This pressbook contains the original herald which is pictured next to the pressbook below. 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. Almost every Academy Award winning movie would have a special "Academy Award winner" supplement. 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)! Also note that this pressbook is complete and uncut! Given that theater owners received 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: fair, NO CUTS. This very large pressbook (which measures 16" x 22") is complete and uncut, and it was folded once in each direction. The pages are extremely fragile and there are tears and paper loss around the edges and along the folds. Learn More about condition grades
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