(Playbill). “A Flag is Born.” By Ben Hecht.

AUCTION 69 | Thursday, June 23rd, 2016 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Holy Land Maps and Ceremonial Objects

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Lot 196
(ZIONISM).

(Playbill). “A Flag is Born.” By Ben Hecht.

Illustrated throughout. pp. 16. Corner of p. 14 torn. Original colored pictorial wrappers. Folio.

(New York): (1946)

Est: $400 - $600
PRICE REALIZED $1,600
Advocating the creation of a homeland for the Jewish people in the the Land of Israel, “A Flag is Born” was produced to raise funds and political support for Zionist causes, specifically by the American League for a Free Palestine, an organization run by the dynamic activist Hillel Kook (a.k.a. Peter Bergson). In promoting the performance, the Bergson Group cleverly presented a playbill cover image in which three Zionist characters in blue - with rifle, hoe and “Israeli” flag - parallel three patriots of the American Revolution in red with fife and drums. The production starred a young Marlon Brando.