eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 4y194 WARNER BROS 1956-57 German campaign book '56 different art for Rebel Without a Cause & Giant Date Sold 8/3/2010Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Campaign Book (measures 9" x 12 3/4" [23 x 32 cm]; 32 pages) (Learn More) Warner Bros. 1956-1957 campaign book, the 1956 German campaign book, created by Warner Bros. in 1955 to promote their upcoming releases in Germany. The book includes 32 pages with one and two-page spreads on Warner Bros.' upcoming movies and stars! Some of the movies and stars advertised include Rebel Without a Cause (with James Dean), Giant (with James Dean and Elizabeth Taylor), Blood Alley (with John Wayne), The Old Man and the Sea (with Spencer Tracy), The Spirit of St. Louis (with James Stewart), The Searchers (with John Wayne), A Streetcar Named Desire (the actual German poster is shown, and it is wonderful!), Baby Doll (Elia Kazan, and it is referred to by its working title of "Mississippi-Woman"), and much, much more! Note that this happens to be the year in which James Dean made his final two movies, and it also is one of Warner Bros' very best years in terms of output, so this book has many wonderful ads for wonderful movies! We have included images of the cover of the book and four of the interior pages (and we did not make a big effort to find the best ones, and we really wish we could have pictured them all!). Note that even though this campaign book was sent to many theater owners, it appears that very few examples have survived (and German editions of campaign books are incredibly rare!). I have been a collector of campaign books and related material for many years, and I know for certain that this campaign book is extremely rare! Note that some of the movies listed in this book may never have been made at all, and some had their titles changed, and some had their cast or director changed! Note that studios almost always spent far more money preparing campaign books than they did preparing movie posters (often hiring very talented and well-known illustration artists), because campaign books directly benefited the studio in getting theaters to book the movies, whereas posters more benefited the theaters, rather than the studios (although of course, what was good for the theaters was ultimately good for the studios as well). Finally, note that campaign books in general are extremely rare, and the best of them have often sold for hundreds of dollars, and in the case of the very finest, thousands of dollars! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Condition: very good to fine. The covers have some smudges and faint stains, but otherwise, the book is in excellent condition! Learn More about condition grades
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