eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 7y489 SOLDIER & THE LADY Canadian pressbook '37 Anton Walbrook as Jules Verne's Michael Strogoff! Date Sold 4/7/2013Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Canadian Movie Pressbook (pb; measures 11" x 17" [28 x 43 cm]; 4 pages) (Learn More) "Michael Strogoff" (also released as "Soldier and the Lady"; see below), the 1937 George Nichols Jr. Russia historical war romantic adventure melodrama ("Hollywood's boldest romance... Hurled to the screen in astounding scenes of electric excitement and pounding thrill!"; "From Jules Verne's mighty novel 'Michael Strogoff'"; this was much filmed in the 1910s to 1930s, and Walbrook also starred in the 1936 German version, "Der Kurier des Zaren") starring Anton Walbrook (billed as "Introducing Hollywood's newest star Anton Walbrook"; as Michael Strogoff), Elizabeth Allan, Margot Grahame, Akim Tamiroff, Eric Blore, and Fay Bainter. It is interesting that this movie was released with two entirely different titles. Since the 1937 posters that say "Michael Strogoff" just list the stars, while the posters that say "The Soldier and the Lady" list Anton Walbrook as "Introducing Hollywood's newest star", we wonder if the movie wasn't first released as "Michael Strogoff" and that it wasn't doing that well, so they gave it a "sexier" title, and played up Walbrook's billing (but of course, it is possible it was the other way around, trying to build the connection to Jules Verne's popular novel; he movie is based on the novel, "Michael Strogoff: The Courier of the Czar" written by Jules Verne in 1876). Apparently, this was an incredibly popular action novel of that time, and over the years, there have been around a dozen film adaptations, both silent and sound! Sometimes the lead character's name is changed slightly so as to not sound foreign to the country that made the movie. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: 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 Canadian pressbook is complete and uncut! Given that theater owners purchased 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 was folded twice across the middle and there are creases and tears across the top. Learn More about condition grades
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