eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 1a809 LIFE OF RILEY pressbook '49 William Bendix, you haven't laughed until you've lived it! Date Sold 9/6/2015Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Pressbook (pb; measures 14" x 18" [36 x 46 cm]; 8 pages) (Learn More) The Life of Riley, the 1949 Irving Brecher family comedy ("You haven't laughed until you've lived... The Life of Riley"; "For 5 years Radio's top family show! Now... the funniest family in films!"; "'You got no enemies, Riley... but all your friends Hate Ya!"; "Hooray! My daughter's marryin' a doctor. Now I can be sick for nothin'."; "based on the hit radio show"; later a hit TV series) starring William Bendix (in the title role "as 'Riley' The world's most successful failure!'"), James Gleason, Rosemary DeCamp, Bill Goodwin, Beulah Bondi, Meg Randall, Richard Long, and John Brown (billed as "'Digger' O'Dell [John Brown]"). Note that many people will remember the popular TV series of the same name that was made with William Bendix in the starring role, but few know that in the 1948 - 1950 version of the show, a very young Jackie Gleason played the title role of Chester C. Riley (Bendix had starred in the long-running radio show version, but his movie contract prevented him from starring in the TV show, but after Gleason's version was canceled, Bendix came free and was signed to make a new TV version, which was a major hit)! 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: good to very good, NO CUTS. The pressbook was folded down the right 3" and there is some wear on the horizontal fold. Learn More about condition grades
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