eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 6x662 KEY LARGO/TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE pressbook '53 Humphrey Bogart double-bill! Date Sold 5/8/2016Sold 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) the 1953 double bill release of Key Largo, the 1948 John Huston crime film noir ("Killer against killer, gun to gun, on the hot spot of the Florida Keys!"; "You'll see the performance of your life in the hit of their lives!"; set in the Florida Keys during a hurricane!; based on the hit play by Maxwell Anderson) starring Humphrey Bogart, Edward G. Robinson, Lauren Bacall, Lionel Barrymore, Claire Trevor (in her Best Supporting Actress Academy Award winning role), Thomas Gomez, and John Rodney AND The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (sometimes called "Treasure of Sierra Madre"), the classic 1948 John Huston gold mining striking-it-rich melodrama ("They sold their souls for ....The Treasure of the Sierra Madre"; "Warner Bros. hit a new high in high adventure... Bringing another great best-seller to the screen!"; "The nearer they get to their treasure the farther they get from the law!"; nominated for the Best Picture Academy Award; about three men who prospect for gold and the mixed blessings they find when they discover much gold) starring Humphrey Bogart, Walter Huston, Tim Holt, Bruce Bennett (early in his career he was credited as "Herman Brix", which was his actual name, and he was supposed to play the lead in MGM's "Tarzan the Ape Man", but due to an injury, he was replaced by Johnny Weissmuller, but he was still one of the first sound Tarzans; he is probably best remembered for his excellent supporting role in this movie; he retired from movies in 1960, at which time he became a successful businessman, passing away in 2007 at the age of 100, and he was active to the end, skydiving at the age of 96!), and Alfonso Bedoya 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, NO CUTS. The pressbook is complete and uncut. It is folded across the middle and has some light wear on the covers, but otherwise, it is in pretty nice condition! Learn More about condition grades
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