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Auction History Result 6p724 MONKEY ON MY BACK pressbook '57 Cameron Mitchell chooses woman over dope & kicks the habit! Date Sold 3/16/2014 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Pressbook (pb; measures 11" x 17" [28 x 43 cm]; 12 pages) (Learn More) Monkey on my Back, The Story of Barney Ross, the 1957 Andre de Toth romantic drug addiction boxing biographical melodrama ("'How can I get this monkey off my back?'"; "The Story of Barney Ross"; "Not since 'The Man With The Golden Arm' has the screen told so daring a story!"; "The true story of a man who had to choose between dope and the woman he loved!"; "Junkie! It means Dope-Fiend... The hottest Hell on Earth!"; "The craving rips through your head, your guts... You tear the wallpaper off the walls and skin off your chest... You can hang your hat on the eyeballs... You freeze, you burn, you drown! You don't die - but you wish you could!"; "Champ of Champs... Marine Hero... Until He Caught The 'Drug Habit' - and Hit Rock Bottom!"; "He never could have come back without her!"; "He kicked the 'dope' habit! The greatest battle a champ ever won!"; "Champ of Champs... Marine Hero... Dope Addict!"; "Shock by Shock it jabs like a hopped-up needle!"; "Today - A Drug Addict! Yesterday - a Marine hero... Idol of millions!"; "Today - a guy hooked by the dope habit! Yesterday - The Idol of Millions..."; "The no-holds-barred story of a champ of champs... A marine hero... Who suddenly turned into a drug addict... A screaming animal who'd kill for a 'fix'!"; "Written by Crane Wilbur, Anthony Veiller and Paul Dudley"; the true story of Barney Ross, born Dov-Ber David Rosofsky, a Jewish World War II war hero, Golden Gloves Champion professional boxer, and morphine addict, who beat his addiction and later gave lectures to students about the dangers of drugs!) starring Cameron Mitchell, Dianne Foster, Paul Richards, Jack Albertson, Kathy Garver, Lisa Golm, Barry Kelley, and Dayton Lummis 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)! Also note that this pressbook is complete and uncut! Given that theater owners purchased pressbooks partly in order to create their newspaper advertising, and quite frequently cut them up for that purpose, it is rare to find a pressbook that IS complete and uncut! Condition: very good to fine, NO CUTS. Learn More about condition grades 
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