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Auction History Result 9f438 SLIGHTLY SCARLET pressbook '56 James Cain, sexy Rhonda Fleming, Arlene Dahl, John Payne! Date Sold 12/27/2009 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Pressbook (pb; measures 14" x 18"; 12 pages) (Learn More) Slightly Scarlet, the 1956 Allan Dwan romantic love triangle political blackmail crime film noir ("Out of the shadows of a vice-ridden city comes James M. Cain's most explosive drama!"; "From behind the sinful shadows of a corrupt city comes this rough and ruthless story of rackets and redheads... And a smart operator who tries to buck them both!"; "With brains, bullets and women he fought his way to the Bottom!"; "James M. Cain's high-voltage drama of vice and corruption... Bribes and blackmail... Rackets and redheads... And a big city operator who tries to take over!"; "Here's a picture that soft-pedals nothing!"; "James M. Cain's high-voltage drama of easy money and hard pay-offs!"; "James M. Cain's high-voltage drama of a vice-ridden city!"; "Not exactly crooked! Not exactly straight! ...just caught in the ever-tightening web of graft in a corrupt city!"; "Caught in a web of graft in a vice-ridden city"; from the novel 'Love's Lovely Counterfeit' by James M. Cain; about a crime boss who wants to stop an honest candidate for mayor, so he tries to blackmail him, but the man he sends to blackmail the candidate falls for his secretary, and ends up double-crossing the crime boss) starring John Payne, Arlene Dahl, Rhonda Fleming, Kent Taylor, Ted de Corsia, and Lance Fuller 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 any supplements or heralds (if there are any included with this pressbook), but of course, the winner of this auction will receive the entire single pressbook we are selling (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: good to very good, NO CUTS. The cover of the pressbook is almost completely separated along the spine. Learn More about condition grades 
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