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Auction History Result 7j0944 MURDER ON THE BLACKBOARD pressbook 1934 Edna May Oliver, James Gleason, ultra rare! Date Sold 2/2/2021 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Pressbook (pb; measures 12" x 18" [30 x 46 cm]; 12 pages) (Learn More) Murder on the Blackboard, the 1934 George Archainbaud female detective mystery crime comedy ("The same Inspector Piper who gave you stitches in 'The Penguin Pool Murder' gets to the bottom of another baffling crime...after the Iowa school marm tells him the answers!"; "They laughed when Miss Withers sniffed a clue; but kicked themselves ever after for laughing") starring Edna May Oliver (as Hildegarde Withers), James Gleason (as Inspector Oscar Piper), Bruce Cabot, Gertrude Michael, Regis Toomey, Tully Marshall, and Edgar Kennedy. Note that this was one of a series of six very popular detective comedies starring a female detective named Hildegarde Withers, who assists a police detective named Oscar Piper. The first movie in the series was "Penguin Pool Murder" in 1932, and Edna May Oliver played her in the first three movies, and then Helen Broderick played her in one, and Zasu Pitts in the final two. James Gleason played Detective Piper in all six movies. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that we have never before auctioned this pressbook! Also 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 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: very good, NO CUTS. The pressbook is complete and uncut. Learn More about condition grades 
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