eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 5c0131 CASE OF SERGEANT GRISCHA hardcover book 1930 Arnold Zweig novel with scenes from the movie! Date Sold 7/23/2020Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. A Vintage Hardcover Book (measures 5 1/4" x 7 3/4" [13 x 20 cm]; 449 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 this is the Grosset & Dunlap photoplay edition of this novel in its original dust jacket. This book has the original dust jacket. Here are more details about these books: Grosset & Dunlap was a publisher that made a deal with all the studios in the 1910s to publish "movie edition" hardcovers of novels that were currently adapted into movies (there were also some by other publishers, but Grosset & Dunlap printed the lion's share of these). They would republish the original novel as the movie came out (or soon after), and they would put a dust jacket on the book that showed the stars of the movie, and they would usually include several pages of images from the movie scattered in the book. These books were incredibly popular in the 1920s and 1930s, and they are quite collectible, especially if they still have the original dust jacket! Note that we have pictured the front cover, the title page, and the interior page that shows the publishing information, and one or more interior 2-page spreads. Because we know that the dust jacket is an important part of the value of this book, we also pictured the entire dust jacket opened up. Between that image and our other images, you should be able to get a good sense of the overall condition of this book. Condition: good to very good. The dust jacket is in a protective sleeve. Learn More about condition grades
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