MARRIAGE OF CORBAL

Original British 17 inch x 22 inch Trade Advertisement for the 1936 Karl Grune Period Drama THE MARRIAGE OF CORBAL, based on the novel by Rafael Sabatini and starring Nils Asther, Hugh Sinclair, Hazel Terry, Noah Beery, Ernst Deutsch, Davy Burnaby, Clifford McLaglen, Arthur Rigby, Ralph Truman, Brian Buchel, Gordon Begg, Vincent Sternroyd, Charles Paton, Percy walsh and Walter Sondes.

An adventure set in 1790 France, in which a noblewoman marries a marquis to avoid the Revolution.

The advert is in very good condition with one vertical centre fold. There are 2 lots of staple holes along the centre fold.

Both sides of the advert are devoted to the film.

Trade advertisements are colourful posters aimed at cinema managers, which were either slipped in, or part of, the weekly film trade journals which were available to them by subscription but were not sold to the general public. The large size Trade advertisements are about the size of US half sheet posters and have a centre fold which is usually hard to discern when flat. Most were designed to be pulled out, and some were attached by staples. Most have the date in tiny letters in one of the top corners.
The publishers own copies from the 1930’s were destroyed by fire and water damage during the Blitz and Wartime paper drives decimated those held by cinemas making them quite rare.