COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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Four Color 1194 Universal
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Grade:
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9.6
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Page Quality:
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OFF-WHITE
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Pedigree:
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File Copy
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Certification #:
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0780349009
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Owner:
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4GEMWORKS
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
Pepe 4/61 File Copy
Cover: Movie Poster and Photo Cover; Mario Moreno
Script: Gaylord Du Bois
Pencils: Mike Sekowsky
Inks: Mike Peppe
This is the second best of five copies graded to date. A single 9.8 tops the census, currently. 05/13. I originally bought this graded, as is, from Heritage Auctions.
Table of Contents
1. 0. Pepé
2. 1. Pepe
3. 2. Pepe
4. 3. Don Juan
5. 4. Parade of Stars A single page cartoon that is also the back cover of some copies of this issue.
6. 5. Twinkles This is an AD back cover and is the back cover of this and some other copies of this issue.
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http://www.comics.org/issue/16588/
While I have never heard of this film it was nominated for seven academy awards. Wikipedia fills in a few holes.
Pepe is a 1960 film starring Mario Moreno ("Cantinflas") in the title role, directed by George Sidney. A multitude of cameo appearances attempted to replicate the success of Mario Moreno's American debut, notably Around the World in Eighty Days, produced by Mike Todd in 1956.
The film failed to achieve the success of Cantinflas' previous American film and was roundly criticized by film critics. A VHS tape of the film was released on December 7, 1998.[2] A DVD of the film had a limited release.[
Plot [edit]
Mario Moreno ("Cantinflas") is Pepe, a hired hand, employed on a ranch. A boozing Hollywood director buys a white stallion that belongs to Pepe's boss. Pepe, determined to get the horse back (as he considers it his family), decides to take off to Hollywood. There he meets film stars including Jimmy Durante, Frank Sinatra, Zsa Zsa Gabór, Bing Crosby, Maurice Chevalier and Jack Lemmon in drag as Daphne from Some Like It Hot. He is also surprised by things that were new in America at the time, such as automatic swinging doors. When he finally reaches the man who bought the horse, he is led to believe there is no hope of getting it back. However, the last scene shows both him and the stallion back at the ranch with several foals.
Awards [edit]
The film was nominated for seven Academy Awards:[4][5]
• Best Art Direction (Ted Haworth, William Kiernan)
• Best Cinematography (Joseph MacDonald)
• Best Costume Design (Edith Head)
• Film Editing (Viola Lawrence, Al Clark)
• Best Original Song ("Faraway Part of Town")
• Best Scoring
• Best Sound (Charles Rice)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepe_(film)
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