eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 8r0526 BORN TO FIGHT pressbook 1936 Kane Richmond trains Frankie Darro to be a champ boxer, rare! Date Sold 5/13/2021Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Pressbook (pb; measures 12" x 18" [30 x 46 cm]; 8 pages) (Learn More) Peter B. Kyne's Born to Fight, the 1936 Charles Hutchison (he starred in a series of silent serials where he always played the character "Hurricane Hutch") juvenile boxing sports gambling melodrama ("Suggested by the story 'To Him Who Dares'"; about a prizefighter who beats up a crooked gambler, and he has to go on the run, and while he does, he meets a young would-be boxer, and he trains him to win the championship, but the gambler shows back up and tries to sabotage both boxers!) starring Frankie Darro, Kane Richmond, Jack La Rue, Frances Grant, Sheila Bromley, and Fred 'Snowflake' Toones. Note that Frankie Darro had started in movies at the age of 6 in 1924, and he made a long series of movies with cowboy star Tom Tyler. From 1936 to 1938, he appeared in eight movies with Kane Richmond, and this was one of those. Because of his small stature, Darro continued to play teenagers well into his 20s! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that we have never before auctioned this pressbook! Also note that we have provided an image of the front and back covers of this pressbook (if the back cover is not the poster page, we photographed the interior poster page), and of course, the winner of this auction will receive the entire single pressbook we are auctioning (plus any supplements or heralds described above)! Condition: fair to good, WITH CUTS. There is a very cut on one interior page, and a small ad cut from the facing page. Learn More about condition grades
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