Description: RKO RADIO PICTURES 1931-32 CAMPAIGN BOOK. Original RKO Radio Pictures 1931-32 Campaign Book. Los Angeles: RKO Radio Pictures, 1931. First Edition. Original RKO Radio Pictures 1931-32 Campaign Book (measures 11" x 14" [28 x 36 cm]; 54 pages). There are smudges and stains on to the front cover and on the completely blank back cover, and there are small tears and chipping around the edges of both covers. The interior pages are in fine condition This RKO Radio Pictures campaign book, sent to theater owners to encourage them to show RKO movies. The book includes 54 pages with one and two-page spreads on RKO's upcoming movies and their best stars. Some of the movies and stars promoted include "Glamour", "Miracle City", "Exposed", "Frontier", "The Dove" (Dolores Del Rio), "The Slander Girl" (Rex Beach), Irene Dunne, Lily Damita, Wheeler & Woolsey, and much more! Note that many of the pages have signed artwork, by many different (quite talented) artists, including Armand Seguso, Fredric C. Madan, Frank Bensing, Patterson, Rico, and most of these artists have several different pieces in the book. Note that, because RKO at this time did not have the biggest name stars, they relied on movies with very lurid and sensational material, and they created images for this campaign book that are both extremely colorful and often downright sexy! This is really one of the absolute nicest studio campaign books in terms of artwork that was created during the Golden Age of Hollywood. Note that even though this campaign book was sent to many theater owners, it appears that very few examples have survived. We have seen film campaign books and related material for many years, and I know for certain that this campaign book is extremely rare! Note that studios almost always spent far more money preparing campaign books than they did preparing movie posters (often hiring very talented and well-known illustration artists), because campaign books directly benefited the studio in getting theaters to book the movies). Also note that, as was often the case with these campaign books, some of the movies advertised were either never made, had their titles changed before they were released, or were made with different casts than those announced in the campaign book.
Price: 690 USD
Location: Santa Barbara, California
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Binding: Campaign Book (measures 11" x 14" [28 x 36 cm]; 54 pages)
Place of Publication: Los Angeles
Language: English
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Illustrated
Publisher: RKO Pictures
Topic: Film
Subject: Performing Arts
Original/Facsimile: Original
Year Printed: 1931
