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Auction History Result

5t623 CAPTIVE CITY Aust daybill '52 cool art of John Forsythe looming over city, film noir!

Date Sold 12/20/2012
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An Original Vintage Theatrical Folded Australian Daybill Movie Poster (db; measures 13 1/2" x 30" [34 x 76 cm]) (Learn More)

The Captive City, the 1952 Robert Wise crime film noir ("Pulls no punches about who pulls the strings"; "Pulls no punches about who pulls the strings in gangland's reign of terror!"; "No punches pulled... No truths untold!"; "Violence! Vice! Corruption!"; "it could happen to you!"; "From the director that gave you 'The Day The Earth Stood Still'"; "Sen. Kefauver says: 'I urge YOU to see it!'"; "Sen. Kefauver says: '...when a film courageously, honestly and accurately shows for the first time the real cause of organized crime, racketeering and gangsterism in this country, this becomes a picture I urge you to see!'"; "Astride 1000 American Cities... The hulking terror of gangland's reign of Violence, Vice and Corruption!"; "Based on an original story by Alvin Josephy, Jr."; "Screenplay by Karl Kamb and Alvin Josephy, Jr.") starring John Forsythe, Joan Camden, Harold J. Kennedy, Ray Teal, Marjorie Crossland, and Victor Sutherland
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Condition: good. There is some discoloration and some light brown stains scattered throughout the poster from exposure to moisture. There is writing on the back of the poster that slightly bleeds through to the front across the top. There are some creases and areas of tattering along the foldlines and around the edges of the poster.
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