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Auction History Result 1b1572 HELL'S HIGHWAY WC 1932 prison escape movie that preceded I Am A Fugitive From A Chain Gang! Date Sold 11/23/2021 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Paperbacked Movie Window Card (WC; measures 14" x 22" [36 x 56 cm]) (Learn More) Hell's Highway (also released as "Liberty Road"), the 1932 Rowland Brown chain gang prison camp escape family relationship brothers romantic crime melodrama (about a tough convict in a brutal prison whose kindly brother is also there, and the movie focuses on the awful conditions within the prison) starring Richard Dix, Tom Brown, Rochelle Hudson, C. Henry Gordon, and Oscar Apfel. Note that this movie is completely forgotten today, and most people would likely view it as a rip-off of "I Am A Fugitive From A Chain Gang", but it actually was released two months PRIOR to that classic movie! And it actually bears more resemblance to a movie which clearly heavily borrowed from it, "O Brother, Where Art Thou?", including having a group of black convicts who sing spirituals and songs that advanced the plot! It may not seem possible, but this movie is just as depressing as "I Am A Fugitive", and in this movie, the main character is not innocent, but clearly guilty, and the movie is saying that even guilty criminals deserve humane punishment! Hopefully someone will "rediscover" this movie so it can get the recognition it deserves! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Important Added Info: Note that this poster has been paperbacked. What is paperbacking? This means the poster was backed onto a heavy paper backing (acid-free), that is similar in feel to that of the original poster (except heavier). It is a similar process to linenbacking, except that most collectors use linenbacking for one-sheets and paperbacking for half-sheets, inserts, window cards, and lobby cards. What IS paperbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: good to very good. Prior to paperbacking, the window card was folded across the middle, and it had some faint staining scattered in the blank white areas and in parts of the yellow background areas. Overall, the window card was in good to very good condition prior to paperbacking. The poster was pretty well backed, but you can see signs of the above defects and the restoration of the above defects. Learn More about condition grades 
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