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CAESAR & CLEOPATRA CAESAR & CLEOPATRA program book, souvenir OR search current auctions Auction History Result 6p0970 CAESAR & CLEOPATRA premiere English souvenir program book 1945 Queen Mary attended, ultra rare! Date Sold 11/24/2020 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage English Movie Souvenir Program Book (measures 10 1/2" x 13 1/2" [27 x 34 cm]; 24 pages) (Learn More) Bernard Shaw's Caesar and Cleopatra, the 1945 (released in the U.S. in 1946) Gabriel Pascal English Egypt/Rome romantic biographical historical epic ("Your eyes have never seen such lavish splendor on the screen before!"; "See... the most seductive beauty the world has ever seen - Cleopatra! See... the pleasure-mad revelry of pagan Rome! See... The mighty battle of the Nile!"; "The most lavish picture ever on the screen!"; "A Temptation in Technicolor"; "Days of Magnificent Adventure... Nights of Maddest Revelry..."; written by George Bernard Shaw) starring Vivien Leigh (in the title role as Cleopatra; she is billed as "By Arrangement with David O. Selznick"; "...famous 'Scarlett' of 'Gone With the Wind' ...more fabulous as Cleopatra, Queen of Queens" and also billed as "Vivien Leigh in her first great role since 'Scarlett' in 'Gone With The Wind' ...as Cleopatra"), Claude Rains (in the title role as Julius Caesar), Stewart Granger, Flora Robson, Francis L. Sullivan, Robert Adams, and Basil Sydney. Note that this movie includes a scene in the desert by the Sphinx, and it was impractical and far too costly to build such a set, so that scene was done with the judicious use of matte paintings! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Important Added Info: Note that there is nothing on this to indicate it is a program book, EXCEPT that on the first interior page, it has a dedication from the Princess Beatrice Hospital and the Ladies Association, stating their loyal and heartfelt gratitude to HER MAJESTY QUEEN MARY "for graciously consenting to honour the hospital and the Odeon Theatre by her presence this evening"! So obviously, this was printed for the premiere of this movie at the Odeon Theatre in December 1945, for one day only as a benefit to the above hospital, which the Queen of England herself attended, and this book could only have been used for that event, because it would not make sense to have used it afterwards because of the dedication on the interior page. We have never auctioned this premiere program book before, which has wonderful full-color images of the top stars. We wish we could have shown you all the images, because there are other color images and many black & white images that we did not show you. Note that this is a "country of origin" program book for this English movie! Also note that we have pictured the front cover and an interior 2-page spread from this program. You can use these images to determine the exact condition of it from our super-sized image, but realize that there are some other pages you are not seeing. Condition: very good. Learn More about condition grades 
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