eMoviePoster.com
Auction History Result 8m787 MURDER INC. pressbook '60 Stuart Whitman, May Britt,art of man pushed from the Half-Moon Hotel Date Sold 5/5/2013 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Pressbook (pb; measures 13" x 13 1/2" [33 x 34 cm]; 8 pages) (Learn More) Murder, Inc. (released in other English-speaking countries as "Shadow of Fear" and "Murder, Incorporated"), the 1960 Burt Balaban & Stuart Rosenberg organized crime mob expose ("Here is the all-too-true story of Murder, Inc."; "Some died in the electric chair... some were shot down in the streets... some were triggered in the perfumed arms of cheap women... and one jumped [or was pushed] from the Half-Moon Hotel!"; "From the bullet-riddled pages of the best-seller... the bombshell that exploded it all!"; "It is resolved that a syndicate be formed to organize nation-wide crime along the lines of Big Business, and that it be designated Murder, Inc. It's purpose shall be to serve as the enforcement arm of the underworld. The Syndicate"; "It's on the screen the inside story of the super-corporation of crime!"; "Executive session Board of Directors"; based on the book by Burton Turkus and Sid Feder; about the true life story of the investigation into the members of Murder Inc., the Mafia organization that killed people for hire, and the government's star witness, Abe Reles, who died under the most mysterious circumstances at the Half-Moon Hotel in Brooklyn, New York, before he could testify!) starring Stuart Whitman, May Britt, Henry Morgan, Peter Falk (nominated for the Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for this film; in the key role of Abe Reles; in his fourth movie role!), David J. Stewart (as Lepke Buchalter), and Morey Amsterdam 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 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)! 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. Learn More about condition grades 
Postal Mailing Address:
Bruce Hershenson, P.O. Box 874, West Plains, MO 65775. (For our UPS or FedEx address, click here) phone: +1 417 256-9616 fax: +1 417 257-6948 E-mail: Contact Us Hours of Operation: Monday - Friday 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM & 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM (CST) |
|||||||||||||
