eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 8t031 GUYS & DOLLS pressbook '55 Marlon Brando, massive & wonderful, with many sections! Date Sold 7/26/2016Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Pressbook (pb; measures 15" x 20" [38 x 51 cm]; 55 pages) (Learn More) Guys and Dolls, the 1955 Joseph L. Mankiewicz New York City romantic gambling Broadway dance musical ("It's a living breathing doll of a musical!"; "Samuel Goldwyn presents America's Own Musical!"; based on the play by Abe Burrows & Jo Swerling; about a professional gambler who bets an operator of an illegal craps game that he can take a beautiful Salvation Army worker to Cuba with him for dinner!) starring Marlon Brando (as Sky Masterson), Jean Simmons (as Sister Sarah Brown), Frank Sinatra (as Nathan Detroit), Vivian Blaine (as Miss Adelaide), Robert Keith (as Lt. Brannigan), Stubby Kaye (as Nicely-Nicely Johnson), B.S. Pully (as Big Jule), Johnny Silver (as Benny Southstreet), Sheldon Leonard (as Harry the Horse), The Goldwyn Girls, and Larri Thomas (as the sexy Cuban dancer who flirts with Brando in Cuba, and gets in a fight with Simmons!). Note that Sam Levene was the original Nathan Detroit in the first stage version of "Guys and Dolls", but he was replaced for the movie by Frank Sinatra, because producer Sam Goldwyn did not consider Levene a big enough name, and Goldwyn also refused to let Sinatra play Sky Masterson, who would have been wonderful, and instead Goldwyn cast Marlon Brando (which led to much friction between Brando and Sinatra)! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: When this classic movie was released, it had a massive pressbook that was called "Exhibitor's Promotion Portfolio". It was a large full-color folder that contained 5 different booklets, "Advertising", "Publicity", "Exploitation"; "Accessories", and "Highlights". The example offered here is missing two of those sections (Advertising and Accessories). 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)! Condition: fair, NO CUTS. Two of the original five booklets are missing (see above). There is much wear around the edges of the covers, and the three booklets that are present are partially folded, and not across the center (see our images). Learn More about condition grades
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