Souvenir movie programs have always been highly collectible items. In fact, the more vintage the program, the more expensive they tend to be, especially if the item is in top condition. Among my personal collection I have two souvenir programs from DON JUAN (1926), the first feature film to have a synchronized music score (with a few sound effects).
Here is the cover of the deluxe American program that was sold at the special “road show” engagements of the film.
This is the cover of the German program that was printed on such thin paper that I immediately digitized the pages before they crumbled.
And now, please take a video tour of both programs accompanied by musical excerpts from the film’s original score.
OLD HOLLYWOOD IN COLOR 