zc

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.”

Dracula-french-pressbook

Dracula-french-pressbook 3

Dracula-french-pressbook 2

Leave a Comment

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *