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Auction History Result 1h0209 INVISIBLE RAY pressbook 1936 Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, beware the luminous man, beyond rare! Date Sold 12/26/2021 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Pressbook (pb; measures 15 1/4" x 22 1/4" [39 x 57 cm]; 8 pages). Also included is an ad supplement that has one page. (Learn More) The Invisible Ray, the 1936 Lambert Hillyer Universal science fiction (sci-fi) horror thriller ("Beware the luminous man!"; "Delving into strange, new fields of mystery!"; "'The Invisible Man' was an eye opener. The fans are still talking about it... but the 'Invisible Man' was a piker compared to the astounding Luminous Man"; "Not a horror picture! But a revelation in thrills and terrific suspense"; a totally bizarre movie about a scientist who goes to Africa with an expedition and finds a meteorite that emits Radium X rays, which he touches, and he absorbs a near-fatal dose, which means that he then kills anyone he touches; another scientist discovers a somewhat cure, which requires he take daily injections of a powerful drug, which slowly turns him mad, and meanwhile, the second scientist starts taking credit for the discovery, which, in controlled doses, can heal blind people!) starring Boris Karloff ("as the luminous man"), Bela Lugosi, Frances Drake, Frank Lawton, Walter Kingsford, Beulah Bondi, Violet Kemble Cooper, Nydia Westman, and Etta McDaniel (Hattie McDaniel's sister!) NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that ANY first release U.S. movie paper from this movie is incredibly rare. Before we were consigned this pressbook (which includes a supplement), we had never auctioned ONE first release poster (a window card, which sold for $5,450) and NO lobby cards (as well as two glass slides and some stills). Not only that, but posters and lobby cards from this movie almost never are offered for sale or at auction. The only ones we know have been in collections for many years. There is no telling how long it will be until we are consigned another poster or lobby card from this movie! Note that this is one of a truly remarkable collection of 37 uncut pressbooks we have been consigned and are auctioning in 37 separate auctions! This is absolutely the finest collection of pressbooks we have ever auctioned at one time. Many of these are ones we have either never auctioned before or only once auctioned before, sometimes many years ago. These were collected decades ago, which was the only time that many of these could be found, and after these auctions are over it may be years (or decades!) before some of these are offered again. They ARE that rare! Note that pressbooks from the 1930s can't be found in great condition, and some of them are printed on newsprint, and are hard to find in even lesser condition. We have many images from each pressbook. We have given each an overall grade, and ask that you look at our images to get a good sense of the condition of that pressbook, because, since they have many pages, it would take forever to describe their condition in detail. However, EVERY one of these pressbooks 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: very good, NO CUTS. The pressbook is complete and uncut. There is minor wear around the edges and it was folded across the middle at one time. Otherwise the pressbook is in pretty nice condition. See our many images to get a good sense of the exact condition of this pressbook. Learn More about condition grades 
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