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5s056 BEAT GENERATION 1/2sh '59 sexy Mamie Van Doren trapped by beatnik Ray Danton, Louis Armstrong

Date Sold 7/2/2009

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An Original Vintage Theatrical Unfolded Half-Sheet Movie Poster (1/2sh; measures 22" x 28") (Learn More)

The Beat Generation, the 1959 Charles Haas counter-culture beatnik rape thriller ("Behind the weird 'way-out' world of the Beatniks!"; "The pads... The hideouts... The jazz... The kicks!"; "All of it - for the first time on the screen - the thrill-packed story of sullen rebels in a defiant cult of their own!"; "The wild, weird world of the Beatniks!"; "Deadly showdown!"; "Underwater battle ends on the beach as the criminal 'Beatnik' is hauled from the surf."; "Singing and playing his trumpet, Louis 'Satchmo' Armstrong and his All-Stars are favorite of the 'Beatniks,'"; "Trapped by the 'Beatnik'!"; "Ringleader of the 'Beatniks', Ray Danton tricks his way into the apartment of Mamie Van Doren"; "Written by Richard Matheson and Lewis Meltzer"; produced by Albert Zugsmith; With a script by Richard Matheson) starring Steve Cochran, Mamie Van Doren, Ray Danton, Fay Spain, Maggie Hayes, Jackie Coogan, Louis Armstrong and His All-Stars, and "Guest Stars" Cathy Crosby, Ray Anthony, Dick Contino, and James Mitchum (billed as "Jim Mitchum")
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Important Added Info: Note that this poster has never been machine folded! Most half-sheet posters were folded once horizontally and once vertically right off of the printing press. It is very difficult to find an unfolded example of most half-sheets, especially from before 1970!

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