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Auction History Result 1h0194 AWFUL TRUTH pressbook 1937 Cary Grant & pretty Irene Dunne, directed by Leo McCarey, rare! Date Sold 12/26/2021 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Pressbook (pb; measures 14" x 20" [36 x 51 cm]; 20 pages) (Learn More) The Awful Truth, the classic 1937 Leo McCarey (winner of the Best Director Academy Award for this film) romantic marriage/divorce comedy ("Lend an ear! Give a roar! Give a Cheer! The gayest lovers of the year are here"; "It's glorious comedy... Uproarious romance!"; "Danger! Wild woman on the loose!"; nominated for the Best Picture Academy Award; about a married couple who fight all the time and start to get a divorce, but they do all they can to stop each other in finding their new love) starring Irene Dunne (nominated for the Best Actress Academy Award for this film), Cary Grant, Ralph Bellamy (nominated for the Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for this film), Alexander D'Arcy, Cecil Cunningham, Joyce Compton, Robert Warwick, Mary Forbes, and Asta (as Mr. Smith the dog; billed as "Skippy" which was his real name, but he was better known as Asta from the Thin Man films) NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that we have only previously auctioned one example of this pressbook, and that example was in much lesser condition! Note also 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! Also 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. Someone put white cloth tape down the spine and there are many smudges around the edges of the front and back covers with small tears and tiny paper loss at the bottom of the cover. The pressbook was folded in half 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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