#movie pressbook

[pulpsandcomics2]

Westworld pressbook

[weirdlookindog]

The Bride of Frankenstein (1935) - Pressbook cover

[peterlorrefanpage]

Peter Lorre Limerick Contest

Peter Lorre - so slick and so sly In "Background to Danger" does try To steal secret papers But due to these capers _________________

I wonder who won THAT prize? But never mind all that because -

Peter Lorre is dangerous because he's dynamite!

From the "Background to Danger" pressbook [archive.org].

[popculturelib]

Congratulations! You boiled horror movies down to their bare essentials!

Pressbook for They're Coming to Get You (1975) dir. Sergio Martino

The Browne Popular Culture Library (BPCL), founded in 1969, is the most comprehensive archive of its kind in the United States.  Our focus and mission is to acquire and preserve research materials on American Popular Culture (post 1876) for curricular and research use. Visit our website at https://www.bgsu.edu/library/pcl.html.

[cineromadessaifriends]

Pressbook del film War - La guerra desiderata di Gianni Zanasi

War - La guerra desiderata è un film di genere commedia, guerra del 2022, diretto da Gianni Zanasi, con Edoardo Leo e Miriam Leone. Uscita al cinema il 10 novembre 2022. Distribuito da Vision Distribution.

War – La guerra desiderata è un film di genere commedia, guerra del 2022, diretto da Gianni Zanasi, con Edoardo Leo e Miriam Leone. Uscita al cinema il 10 novembre 2022. Distribuito da Vision Distribution. la-guerra-desiderataDownload

[legallybrunettedotcom]

from the movie pressbook dracula has risen from the grave (1968)

[tremendously-exhilarated]

Here's an incredibly high-quality scan of the Warner Bros. Pressbook for Rope. This is honestly an insane find. 41 pages full of interesting production info, a bunch of new pictures, and the most fascinating part: WB's very elaborate suggestions for giant advertising campaigns to promote the movie. I really, really wanna know how many of these were actually used by theaters because there are so many, ranging from genius to goofy.

I highly recommend downloading the PDF and reading through the whole thing. Here are some of the highlights:

There are ads for every possible newspaper section, from sports to financials. Some of these are hilariously random and have nothing to do with the plot of the movie. Two of my personal favourites:

Then there's these absolute gems. Recreation-worthy tbh:

Just two of the many interesting featured articles. The first one explores the reasons behind using technicolor for the film, and the second gives some insight into how much rehearsal and perfection was required of the actors, in this case John Dall:

A beautiful behind-the-scenes photo:

For the Rope fans with long hair, here's a hairstyle you can recreate:

And last but not least, this giant design for an advertising billboard:

[thebrideofreanimator]

ok arsenic and old lace fans idk if this is well known bc i’m still kinda new here but i haven’t seen anyone talk about it anyways i found this cool pressbook for the movie on internet archive today from 1944

this is a link to it lol (works better on a computer)

and here’s some highlights from it:

cool behind the scenes stories !!

jonathan with some emo ass hair going on. 😭💀

AND

GRUESOME TWOSOME !!!!!

[ronmerchant]

A cheezy pressbook for a cheezy movie- the BEAST OF YUCCA FLATS (1961)

[vhvrs]

realized i never shared some other finds i had so if its of interest to anyone, i found this pressbook for needle park! really interesting thing to get to both see and have!

rambles & closeups of inner pages under cut

not much rambling but i do think its interesting to see the ways they wanted the movie marketed n how they suggested going abt that. b4 i got this, i got an magazine that interviewed kitty n al abt this movie b4 it came out n kitty actually says a lot of the same marketing things they suggest here! cool to see where she was pulling from! and that they marketed the film based on her performance and cannes award which she completely deserved.

this also helps u get an insight into why changes were made between the book n the movie which is a whole topic i wont get into but at least the movie was focused more on the anti-drug message

[pulpsandcomics2]

Dr. Phibes Rises Again Pressbook

[weirdlookindog]

I lunghi capelli della morte (1965) - UK pressbook cover

AKA The Long Hair of Death

[peterlorrefanpage]

Peter Lorre & "The Constant Nymph" (1943)

This post is inspired by @soapkaars's wonderful artwork. Pressbook below!

Peter Lorre's role in "The Constant Nymph" was chopped to a very slim appearance by assholes. Just look at what our eyes would have feasted on:

But! We also have this Warner Bros' Pressbook I found on archive.org when searching for the movie (which another asshole had removed from @peterlorres21stcentury):

Close up of that first Peter picture:

They don't even MENTION him in that caption and he gets the barest nods in only a couple other places. Arrgh!

At least Peter gets a "leading role" mention in this reprisal of the other pic:

And the usual har har look at this screen menace har har:

Aw Peter

Here's a write-up of sorts:

The way they keep calling him out as having a sympathetic role when it's their own damn fault they typecast him

Arrgh

Much more that isn't about Peter in the Warner Bros' Pressbook

-Pictures to soothe our souls a little-

The non-newsprint pic of that pic:

When you've got genius standing before you and you don't even appreciate it because Hollywood

That profile! Tender and chiseled and touchable all at once:

Yet always looking on the scene versus being part of it :(

Way too blurry and I don't remember where I got it from but it's him, so:

Even TCM is blurry, ha:

And now, behind the scenes with Charles Boyer and Alexis Smith!

At least we get the beauty of him in these pictures *sigh*

Also I envy Alexis Smith in those moments.

Late edit: Huzzah! @peterlorres21stcentury has evaded the asshole brigade to bring you "The Constant Nymph," cleverly renamed. GET IT NOW:

[fitsofgloom]

"Akita, Tumak!" Many times I've quipped that I should be proficient in Stone Age-speak given my love of Caveman Movies, and now I truly can be thanks to the pressbook from "When Dinosaurs Ruled The Earth" (essentially my life story). Hammer Studios created this primordial dialect for their Prehistoric Trilogy, the words having multiple connotations depending on context. Years later, the comedic spoof "Caveman" would employ a similar gimmick by handing out translation cards to audiences so that they could follow the movie's vernacular.

[popculturelib]

Interesting Find of the Week #2: A pressbook for A Warm December (1973), starring Sydney Poitier as an African-American doctor and Ester Anderson as the daughter of an African ambassador.

Pressbooks were sent to movie theaters by distributors with material used for advertising, publicity, and exploitation, and were heavily used between the 1930s and 1980s. (Now, of course, they're mostly digital.) While most pressbooks had posters, newspaper advertisements, and ideas for tie-in events (image 2), the pressbook for A Warm December included a "Fashion Mat" insert to promote the clothing Anderson's character Catherine wore (image 3). The outfits were designed by Thea Porter, Zandra Rhodes, and Alexander McGee. The back cover of the pressbook (image 4) reads:

Thea Porter, Alexander McGee, and Zandra Rhoses are three of the top fashion designers now selling in America. Most of the important department stores sell their clothes and Esther Anderson wears their creations in "A Warm December." Arrange with the local store to do window displays of their lines and give credit to the fact that they dressed Sidney Poitier's leading lady in "A War December." Other outlets for local promotions include: Men's Fashions (Poitier is one of the best dressed stars around), Cameras, Motorcycles and Travel Agencies and Airlines (especially Pan Am which is featured importantly in the film).

The Browne Popular Culture Library (BPCL), founded in 1969, is the most comprehensive archive of its kind in the United States.  Our focus and mission is to acquire and preserve research materials on American Popular Culture (post 1876) for curricular and research use. Visit our website at https://www.bgsu.edu/library/pcl.html.

[deniroarchives]

“Unidentified photographer [Behind-the-scenes photographs from the production of Bloody Mama] 1969 Pressbook for Bloody Mama, 1969 Robert De Niro Papers 19.4 Bloody Mama insert poster, 1969 Interstate Movie Poster Collection 5H-Dr10.11-F5 Bloody Mama (1970), starring Shelley Winters, was a gangster film based on the ruthless Ma Barker gang of the early 1930s. It was intended to capitalize on the success of Bonnie and Clyde (1967), but the production was postponed to avoid being associated with the assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert Kennedy. Winters, who knew De Niro from the New York theatre scene, recommended him for the part of Lloyd Barker, the drug addicted son of Kate 'Ma' Barker. The film's director, Roger Corman, was one of the pioneers of independent cinema, known as much for his nurturing of young talent as he is for the low budgets of his films. Many filmmakers of De Niro's generation got their start with Corman, including Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola, and Jack Nicholson. Bloody Mama was De Niro's first important role in a major film, and the experience proved invaluable. De Niro's note, written on the first day of filming, illustrates Corman's production process, which prioritized speed and economy.”