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Auction History Result 2p0221 SLIGHTLY SCARLET pressbook 1956 James M. Cain, Rhonda Fleming, Arlene Dahl, John Payne, rare! Date Sold 8/2/2022 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Pressbook (pb; measures 10" x 18" [25 x 46 cm]; 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 only previously auctioned one example of this pressbook, and that was 13 years ago! Note that in December 2021, we were consigned a truly remarkable collection of pressbooks (the first 37 were auctioned in our December Major Auction, and the most expensive one sold for $17,500!). In our regular auctions since, we have auctioned hundreds more from this collection. Now we continue to auction more of these pressbooks, which is absolutely the finest collection of pressbooks we have ever been consigned. In this set of auctions, most of the ones we are auctioning are larger pressbooks, mostly 11" x 15" or larger. Some of them were folded at one time, but they were stored unfolded for many years, so we left them unfolded, and unless the new owner requests otherwise, we will send them unfolded, because re-folding them would likely lessen the condition. Many of these are ones we have either never auctioned before or only once auctioned before, sometimes many years ago. These were collected decades ago, which was the only time that many of these could be found, and after these auctions are over it may be years (or decades!) before some of these are offered again. They ARE that rare! Note that pressbooks from the 1930s are almost never found in great condition, and some of them (especially those printed during World War II, including all the MGM ones from that time) are printed on newsprint, and are hard to find in even lesser condition. We have several images from each pressbook. We have given each an overall grade, and ask that you look at our images to get a good sense of the condition of that pressbook, because, since they have many pages, it would take forever to describe their condition in detail. However, EVERY one of these pressbooks is complete and uncut! Condition: good, NO CUTS. Note that we solely give an overall grade to these rare pressbooks, and tell you whether it is complete and uncut. However, you can view our multiple images of the covers and the interior pages that should give you a good sense of the pressbook's condition. Learn More about condition grades 
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