Does anyone know if 20th Century Fox had ever put out anything other than the small blue and then pink 8 l/2 x 14 pressbook for The Sound of Music? It seems to me that much more had to be printed, especially for the larger theaters, this pressbook is so small, only one publicity story, and 5 pages of ads and one page of merchandising.
I know at the time the 20th Fox had an"almost" bankruptcy caused them by Cleopatra and Richard Zanuck had closed most of their lot.So it would seem right that the pressbooks would be small, but I can't believe they didn't have anything else to promote the movie that they were banking on saving the studio. I've never see "large ad" auctioned off or a press kit and believe me I have been watching for years. Maybe it's so rare because they only sent it to theaters like the Rialto where it premiered in New York or the Wilshire, but many cities had very large Todd-AO 70mm roadshow showings, how could this be the only pressbook? Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.