eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 7t118 EXCLUSIVE STORY pressbook '36 Franchot Tone, Madge Evans, thunderbolt film drama of today! Date Sold 5/6/2014Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Pressbook (pb; measures 14" x 20" [36 x 51 cm]; 15 pages) (Learn More) Exclusive Story, the 1936 George B. Seitz romantic newspaper reporter journalism organized crime gambling racketeering melodrama ("Thunderbolt Film Drama of Today!", "Tomorrow's scorching headlines in the making!"; about Mafia-like gangsters controlling the "numbers racket" in the 1930s; Robert Barrat is the kingpin and Joseph Calleia is his "enforcer", and they put the squeeze on a shop owner, and the shop owner's daughter goes to a newspaperman, who, together with a society lawyer, help to get the bad guys) starring Franchot Tone, Madge Evans, Stuart Erwin, Joseph Calleia, and Robert Barrat. Note that after Prohibition ended in 1931, mobsters put even more effort into controlling gambling in the U.S., and one of their main sources of income was "the numbers racket". This sounds sinister, but actually, it was just a daily lottery! Why was it so awful when gangsters ran it, and now it is alright when the government runs it? 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)! Condition: fair, WITH CUTS. The interior pages are extremely fragile and two of them have ads cut. There is staining in the top right corner of all pages. Learn More about condition grades
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