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Auction History Result

7w251 PHENIX CITY STORY style A 1/2sh 1955 classic noir, it took the military to subdue their sin!

Date Sold 7/25/2019
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An Original Vintage Theatrical Unfolded Style A Half-Sheet Movie Poster (1/2sh; measures 22" x 28" [56 x 71 cm]) (Learn More)

The Phenix City Story, the classic 1955 Phil Karlson Alabama newspaper journalism reporter crime film noir melodrama ("If Life, Look, Sat Eve. Post, Time and Newsweek hadn't exposed this shocking story... your wouldn't believe it!"; "'I'll get the gangs that killed my father!' - The actual statement by John M Patterson Attorney General of Alabama"; "Shocking Expose of U.S.A.'s Wickedest City!"; "It shocked the Nation in Life, Look, and the Saturday Evening Post!"; "Welcome to Phenix City Alabama"; "It's blistering expose won the Pulitzer Prize for the Columbus Ledger!"; "Filmed on the spot in the sin town it took the military to subdue!"; "It took the Military to subdue its rampant corruption and violence!"; "Filmed Where It Happened in the Alabama Sin Town Life and Look called 'America's Wickedest City'!"; "Exposed in Life, Look, Sat Eve. Post, Time and Newsweek"; "Its flaming expose won the Pulitzer Prize"; "Shocking? Yes... But it had to be made! Sensational? Yes... But true! Violent? Yes... But a warning to all of us!"; about a man who returns to his hometown to find it very corrupt) starring John McIntire, Richard Kiley, Kathryn Grant, Edward Andrews, Meg Miles, and James Edwards
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Important Added Info: Note that this poster has never been machine folded! Some pre-1970 half-sheet posters were machine folded twice horizontally at the poster exchange, while some were not. It can be difficult to find an unfolded example of many pre-1970 half-sheet posters (note that most post-1970 half-sheets were NOT machine folded, so they are pretty much only found unfolded, and therefore this does not apply to those half-sheets).

Condition: good. There is light rippling and slight discoloration scattered in portions of the poster due to exposure to moisture. It has some creases and tears of varying lengths (generally 1" or less but some are larger) along portions of some edges (partially repaired with tape from the back). Please see our super-sized image to get a good sense of the condition of this item prior to placing a bid.
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