eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 2y409 HELL'S HIGHWAY WC '32 prison escape movie that preceded I Am A Fugitive From A Chain Gang! Date Sold 10/1/2013Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Paperbacked Window Card Movie Poster (WC; measures 14" x 22" [36 x 56 cm]) (Learn More) Hell's Highway (also released as "Liberty Road"), the 1932 Rowland Brown chain gang prison camp escape family relationship brothers romantic crime melodrama (about a tough convict in a brutal prison whose kindly brother is also there, and the movie focuses on the awful conditions within the prison) starring Richard Dix, Tom Brown, Rochelle Hudson, C. Henry Gordon, and Oscar Apfel. Note that this movie is completely forgotten today, and most people would likely view it as a rip-off of "I Am A Fugitive From A Chain Gang", but it actually was released two months PRIOR to that classic movie! And it actually bears more resemblance to a movie which clearly heavily borrowed from it, "O Brother, Where Art Thou?", including having a group of black convicts who sing spirituals and songs that advanced the plot! It may not seem possible, but this movie is just as depressing as "I Am A Fugitive", and in this movie, the main character is not innocent, but clearly guilty, and the movie is saying that even guilty criminals deserve humane punishment! Hopefully someone will "rediscover" this movie so it can get the recognition it deserves! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Important Added Info: Note that first release 1932 movie paper of any sort from this movie is incredibly rare! Several decades ago, we have sold a one-sheet from this movie, but it was so long ago that we have no accurate record of that sale, and since then we have never seen ANY other poster from this movie until now! Also note that this poster has been paperbacked. What IS paperbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: very good. Prior to paperbacking, there were some nail holes, smudges, and stains around the edges. Overall, the card was in good to very good condition prior to paperbacking. The card was really expertly backed, and the restoration around the edges of the image was so well performed that few people would realize that it had been done, even when looking at the card from inches away! Learn More about condition grades
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