Pressbooks (Horror, Sci Fi, Fantasy)
Movie Pressbook:
Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1968)
Note the humor angle used to promote Dracula Has Risen from the Grave, especially in the poster illustrations.
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Movie Pressbook:
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British Pressbook:
To the Devil a Daughter (1976)
This 11 by 14 inches British pressbook for To the Devil a Daughter is printed on heavy stock paper, has a full-color cover, and the interior page layout is well done. In other words, this pressbook wasn't cheap to produce. Please note there is one picture showing Nastassja Kinski nude from the front.
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Movie Pressbook: Black Zoo (1963)
This extensive 15 by 22 inches movie pressbook for Black Zoo is well thought out, and even includes promotional coverage to be done through Famous Monsters of Filmland and other monster magazines.
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Movie Pressbook: The Human Duplicators (1965)
Not much publicity given in this double-bill pressbook for The Human Duplicators. The poster imagery is attention-getting, but that's about it. My guess is that's where most of this movie's budget went.
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French Pressbook: Dracula (1931)
Saw this 1931 Dracula French pressbook on eBay with a Buy It Now price of $8500.00. Here’s what the seller, addsense, wrote about it:
“You place your bids on a very rare French ressbook(?!)/original material advertising for the distribution of Universal’s first Dracula movie in France – movie premiered in France in January 1932, so this material must have been printed in 1931/1932. The advertising material addresses French cinema owners. It lists Universal’s agencies in France responsible for the distribution of copies, and gives a short abstract of plot and cast. It folds out to a beautiful full-size poster with a modernist portrait of the prince of darkness in the back being surrounded by stills taken from the actual movie – outstanding compared to the other known movie poster designs in circulation elsewhere.”
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Animated Strait-Jacket Display Pressbook
This large fold-out pressbook for Joan Crawford's Strait-Jacket contains the instructions for setting up the animated 40×60 inches Swinging Axe display "with ease."
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