eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 1h0199 DIRIGIBLE pressbook 1931 early Frank Capra hit, great art of U.S. Navy blimp, ultra rare! Date Sold 12/26/2021Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Pressbook (pb; measures 14" x 21 1/4" [36 x 54 cm]; 32 pages) (Learn More) Dirigible, the 1931 Frank Capra (one of his first major successes) zeppelin air aviation adventure thriller ("Overshadows any picture ever made!"; "Mammoth Epic of the Air"; "He went through hell for a woman who did not want him!"; "From the story by Lt. Comdr. Frank Wilber Wead, USN.") starring Jack Holt, Ralph Graves, Fay Wray, Hobart Bosworth (who was seriously injured during the production when he placed dry ice in his mouth to emulate cold breath), Roscoe Karns, and Clarence Muse NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Artist: Barye Important Added Info: Note that ANY movie paper from this movie is incredibly rare. We have only previously auctioned a one-sheet (28 years ago), three lobby cards, a glass slide, and a few 8x10 stills from this movie (and NO other movie paper of any kind) until we received this pressbook! 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 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: good to very good, NO CUTS. The pressbook is complete and uncut, but it had a "tipped-in" herald at one time that is no longer present (one could find a herald and put it back in, if one desired). There are small tears and tiny areas of paper loss down the spine, and the covers are separated from the rest of the pressbook. Otherwise the pressbook is in pretty nice condition. The pressbook was folded down the middle at one time. 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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