eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 6p0070 SPOTLIGHT CASTING DIRECTORY WINTER 1940 English softcover book 1940 only used by AMPAS! Date Sold 11/24/2020Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. A Vintage English Softcover Book (measures 8" x 11 1/4" [20 x 29 cm]; 334 pages) (Learn More) Spotlight Casting Directory, the 1940 English illustrated casting directory book ("No. 54"; "This copy is provided specially for the use of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and must not be taken away") which was founded in 1927 and features images and information about available actors, writers, and directors for both the stage and screen. Casting directories were published from the 1930s on, and they would have listings of people looking for jobs in Hollywood, and they made their money by selling "featured ads" to people who wanted greater recognition! Very few of them have survived, surely because people who received them considered them like old newspapers, to be discarded after they were outdated. Important Added Info: Note that one of the English actors who received a full-page image is Barry Morse. A couple of decades later, he would achieve great fame with American audiences as Lieutenant Gerard on TV's "The Fugitive". Also note that this is one of a wonderful collection of early "casting directories" we were consigned! We looked through each of these and selected the best ones (ones with listings for people who later became very famous), and those are listed individually in this set of auctions. The remaining ones, where we did not see famous people listed, will be listed in groups in our next bulk lot auction. After that, we will have no more of these extremely rare books! Also 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: very good. Learn More about condition grades
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