first edition Wraps
1941 · New Orleans
New Orleans: Higgins Printing Company, 1941. First Edition. Wraps. Very Good. Oblong, 15 by 23 cm. Unpaginated, 28 pages, plus wraps. Floats representing in color plates commemorated the Academy Award Best Pictures up to then, beginning with a float for "Wings", made in 1927, and continuing onto "Gone with the Wind", mistakenly given as Best Picture for 1938 -- it was released in 1939, and won for that year. Among these celluloid celebratory floats are ones for "Broadway Melody", 1928; "All Quiet on the Western Front", 1929; "Cimarron", 1930; "Grand Hotel", 1931 (the movie actually won for 1932); "Cavalcade", 1932 (actually 1933); "It Happened One Night", 1933 (actually 1934). From the copious errors we can assume the compiler of this booklet wasn't a fanatical movie buff, or he/she had just had a few too many in the Mardi Gras bacchanalia. The booklet is scarce, with a single institutional holding located on OCLC First Search, at Historic New Orleans. Also with made ads, including a few in full color, and also one for Coca Cola. Condition: corner chip to front colver. Rubbing along spine. Other light edge wear.
(Inventory #: 006588)