1933 — KIDDEE MOOVEE – THIS PICTURE – THE STORY OF CINDERELLA
UNCOMMON AND RARE

As an out-of-print bookseller for now over 43 years, I have always been told that something you may see only once in a lifetime is “rare.” Here is an item I have not only never seen before (until I found it in an antique shop), but in researching it I can find no bibliographic references or for sale or sold listings. All I can find is reference to the Library of Congress deposit notices. I can find nothing on the publisher, the additional series they did (Tiny Tot Theatre) – nothing.

KIDDEE MOOVEE – THIS PICTURE -THE STORY OF CINDERELLA – published by The Alan Mfg. Co., Mansfield, Mass. in 1933, printed by University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Measuring about 9 inches square, the movie theater opens to two interior pages. On the left are “Incidents in this story illustrated by turning the disc on the opposite page.” The Story of Cinderella is then told in eight pictures, one passage for each turn of the wheel. The wheel works fine. Enjoy the images below.

The rear cover lists the KIDDEE MOOVEE SERIES including:
The Story of Cinderella
Jack and the Beanstalk
Little Red Riding Hood
Puss in Boots
The Little Red Hen
The Three Bears

below that is MOTHER GOOSE SERIES – TINY TOT THEATRE for very small children. A novel arrangement of popular Mother Goose rhymes with movable pictures in rich colors – 4 rhymes – 16 illustrations in each series.

Price — $250
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