eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 1m466 KING OF KINGS hardcover book '27 Macpherson/MacMahon novel with scenes from DeMille's movie! Date Sold 10/9/2016Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. A Vintage Hardcover Book (measures 5 1/4" x 7 3/4" [13 x 20 cm]; 264 pages) (Learn More) Cecil B. DeMille's The King of Kings, the 1927 Cecil B. DeMille silent historical life-of-Christ religious Biblical epic melodrama ("Cecil B. DeMille's supreme dramatic spectacle King of Kings"; "The simple Christian story... portrayed with reverence, power and great beauty!"; "Story by Jeanie Macpherson") starring H.B. Warner (as Jesus Christ), Dorothy Cumming (as Mother Mary), Ernest Torrence (as Peter), Joseph Schildkraut (as Judas), Jim Mason (not to be confused with the English actor James Mason!; as Gestas the Unrepenting Thief), Victor Varconi (as Pontius Pilate), Majel Coleman (as Proculla, Pilate's wife), Jacqueline Logan (as Mary Magdalene), William Boyd, Lionel Belmore, May Robson, Rex Ingram, Noble Johnson, Jack Padjan, and Ayn Rand (the author of "The Fountainhead", in a bit part as an extra!). Note that there was a later version of this movie in 1961, but that was directed by Nicholas Ray and it starred Jeffrey Hunter as Jesus. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that this is the first Grosset & Dunlap photoplay edition from 1923 (one of a collection of such books we are auctioning in this set of auctions). Here are some more details about these books: Grosset & Dunlap was a publisher that made a deal with all the studios in the 1910s to publish "movie edition" hardcovers of novels that were currently adapted into movies (there were also some by other publishers, but Grosset & Dunlap printed the lion's share of these). They would re-publish the original novel as the movie came out (or soon after), and they would put a dust jacket on the book that showed the stars of the movie, and they would include several pages of images from the movie scattered in the book. These books were incredibly popular in the 1920s and 1930s. The example of this book offered here does not have its dust jacket. Note that we have pictured the front cover, the title page, and the interior page that shows the publishing information, and one or more interior 2-page spreads. Condition: good to very good. Learn More about condition grades
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