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Auction History Result 8r212 BOSS pressbook '56 judges, Governors, pick-up girls, John Payne buys and sells them all! Date Sold 1/20/2011 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Pressbook (pb; measures 11" x 17" [28 x 43 cm]; 12 pages) (Learn More) The Boss, the 1956 Byron Haskin gangster crime thriller ("This is DREW PEARSON speaking: 'The Boss' is celluloid dynamite. Powerful interest, whose names would amaze you, have tried to prevent you from seeing it. I helped expose the story upon which it is based- I know this corruption did take place. I predict this picture will create the year's biggest screen sensation."; "'Judges... Hoods... The society set... Pick-up girls... The governor... I buy and sell them all!'"; "The private life of a public enemy who almost named his own president!"; "'I'm THE BOSS... I've got my finger in every vice racket. The police, Senate investigators...nobody can lay a hand on me. They call me a public enemy - but some day I'm going to name my own president. I'm THE BOSS!'"; "The screen turns a searing spotlight on the nation's least known most dangerous men..."; "They can't touch me..."; "He battered and brawled his way to the top of an empire of vice and corruption with a bare fist full of bribes and a barrage of bullets... but he couldn't get rid of the girl he picked up on the street!"; "Senate investigations come and go... but none have dared to lay a finger on this man!"; "He corrupted a city - looted a state - and almost named his own president!") starring John Payne (in the title role "as The Boss"), William Bishop, Gloria McGhee, Doe Avedon, Roy Roberts, Rhys Williams, and Gil Lamb 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 to fine, NO CUTS. Learn More about condition grades 
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