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3o396 CAPTIVE CITY 2 Italian photobusta posters '52 John Forsythe, pretty Joan Camden, film noir!

Date Sold 1/20/2009

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2 Original Vintage Theatrical Folded Italian Photobusta Movie Posters (pbustas; measure 19 1/4" x 26 3/4") (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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Important Added Info: Note that these posters were folded down the middle at one time but have been laying flat for a long time and will be sent rolled in a tube.

Condition: good. There is some tattering and some small areas of paper loss along the foldline and around the edges of the photobustas (some repaired with tape on the front & back).
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