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Auction History Result 2m128 HELL ON FRISCO BAY pressbook '56 Alan Ladd, Edward G. Robinson, Dru, art of Golden Gate Bridge Date Sold 5/29/2011 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Pressbook (pb; measures 11" x 16 3/4"; 16 pages) (Learn More) Hell on Frisco Bay (released in some English-speaking countries as "The Darkest Hour"), the 1956 Frank Tuttle San Francisco waterfront California gangster crime thriller melodrama ("Steve Rollins... his gun... his vengeance... alone on the Bay-Front!"; "Time was running out for Steve Rollins--and so were his friends!"; "An ex-cop. A 'sometimes' sweetheart, a gang-lord of the Golden Gate! The blistering story of a fall-guy who got up - just in time!"; "You'd been framed -- You'd been two-timed. Now you had to stand up -- or be a fall guy!"; "It was time to get even -- or get killed!"; "The brass-knuckled story of one man's vengeance against the San Francisco Bay-Front Mob!"; "Actually filmed in San Francisco in CinemaScope and WarnerColor"; about an ex-cop who is released from San Quentin and sets out to find the mobster who framed him for manslaughter) starring Alan Ladd ("A fall guy who got up..."), Edward G. Robinson ("Gang-lord of the Golden Gate..."), Joanne Dru ("She went one guy too far..."), William Demarest, Paul Stewart, Perry Lopez, and Fay Wray NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that we have provided an image of the front and back covers of the pressbook, plus an image of a two-page spread from inside of the pressbook (we do NOT picture any supplements or heralds, if there are any included with this pressbook), and of course, the winner of this auction will receive the entire single pressbook we are auctioning (plus any supplements or heralds described above)! Also note that this pressbook is complete and uncut! Given that theater owners purchased pressbooks partly in order to create their newspaper advertising, and quite frequently cut them up for that purpose, it is rare to find a pressbook that IS complete and uncut! Condition: very good, NO CUTS. Learn More about condition grades 
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