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9j0041 UNDERSEA KINGDOM pressbook 1936 Crash Corrigan, wacky Republic sci-fi fantasy serial, rare!

Date Sold 8/3/2021
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An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Pressbook (pb; measures 13" x 20" [33 x 51 cm]; 12 pages). Also included is an ad supplement that has one page. (Learn More)

Undersea Kingdom, the 1936 B. Reeves Eason & Joseph Kane underwater science fiction (sci-fi) fantasy serial ("A Republic Serial in 12 Amazing Episodes"; "Original Story by Tracy Knight - John Rathmell"; about a college graduate, a lady reporter, and a geology professor who search for the source of earthquakes at the bottom of the ocean, and discover the lost civilization of Atlantis, where they intervene between two groups who are fighting to decide who will get to take over the entire Earth) starring Ray 'Crash' Corrigan, Lois Wilde, Monte Blue (as Unga Khan!), William Farnum, Lon Chaney Jr., Lane Chandler, Jack Mulhall, Malcolm McGregor, Lee Van Atta (as the young boy wearing the sailor cap), C. Montague Shaw, and John Merton. Note that this early science fiction thriller included really early robots (among the first in movies!). Note that for this serial, Republic Pictures prepared great full-color artwork one-sheets that were completely different from each other for each of the chapters (at least for the four different ones we have seen!). One wishes that all of the studios had done this for all of the serials. What wonderful posters there would have been!
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Important Added Info: Note that we have only previously auctioned one example of this 1936 first release pressbook, and that was 9 years ago (and that example had cuts, while this example is complete and uncut!).

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)! 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: good to very good, NO CUTS. This pressbook is complete and uncut. This very large pressbook was folded across the middle at one time. It has separation in the left and right of each of the pages, and the front cover was mostly separated across the middle, and someone put clear tape on the front of that area. Otherwise, this incredibly rare pressbook is in pretty nice condition!
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