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Auction History Result

5q507 LIFE OF RILEY 1sh '49 William Bendix in the title role, James Gleason, wacky art!

Date Sold 6/25/2009
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An Original Vintage Theatrical Folded One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 27" x 41") (Learn More)

The Life of Riley, the 1949 Irving Brecher family comedy ("You haven't laughed until you've lived... The Life of Riley"; "For 5 years Radio's top family show! Now... the funniest family in films!"; "'You got no enemies, Riley... but all your friends Hate Ya!"; "Hooray! My daughter's marryin' a doctor. Now I can be sick for nothin'."; "based on the hit radio show"; later a hit TV series) starring William Bendix (in the title role "as 'Riley' The world's most successful failure!'"), James Gleason, Rosemary DeCamp, Bill Goodwin, Beulah Bondi, Meg Randall, Richard Long, and John Brown (billed as "'Digger' O'Dell [John Brown]"). Note that many people will remember the popular TV series of the same name that was made with William Bendix in the starring role, but few know that in the 1948 - 1950 version of the show, a very young Jackie Gleason played the title role of Chester C. Riley (Bendix had starred in the long-running radio show version, but his movie contract prevented him from starring in the TV show, but after Gleason's version was canceled, Bendix came free and was signed to make a new TV version, which was a major hit)!
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Condition: fair. There is some staining at bottom in the credits.
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