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The Time of Your Life, the 1948 H.C. Potter gambling bar melodrama ("Big shots, bar girls, wrong guys, good Joes, I know 'em all! And I know their stories. If you come down to Nick's Joint I'll give you the lowdown... and you'll have... 'The Time of Your Life'"; "Here it is! That exciting, fascinating story of the people who go in and out of the swinging doors at Nick's waterfront joint in fabulous San Francisco!"; "Joe, a guy who knows people--all kinds: B-girls, big-shots, wrong guys, crooked cops!"; "Nick who runs the honky-tonk in the toughest section of town!"; "A dramatically different Cagney in a daringly different picture!"; "Funny, tender, tragic, terrific...in the biggest, most enchanting role of his life as 'Joe', the guy whose hobby is people. Come on down to Nick's joint on the waterfront and meet these fascinating characters for yourself."; "...And I pulled the trigger three times!"; "Maybe that's why I got the gun in the first place. If you want the whole story -- come down to Nick's joint on the waterfront and I'll give you the lowdown - you'll have 'The Time of Your Life'"; "From William Saroyan's Prize-Winning Play") starring James Cagney ("Joe, His hobby is people...B-girls, big-shots, wrong guys, crooked cops...he knows 'em all!"; "This is Joe"; "'My hobby is people! B-girls, big shots, crooked cops, wrong guys, I know 'em all!'"), William Bendix ("Nick, owner of the waterfront honky-tonk!"; "Nick, who runs the honky-tonk in the toughest section of town!"; "This is Nick"; "'I run a dive in the toughest part of town but I don't break any laws!'"), Wayne Morris ("Tom, so much in love that it hurts!"; "This is Tom"; "'Have you ever loved a girl so much that it hurts? We'll, I've got it that bad!'"), Jeanne Cagney ("Kitty, a would-be burlesque queen who still has her dreams!", "This is Kitty"; "'I played in burlesque... I've had flowers sent me by royalty--I get around!'"; James Cagney's sister), James (Jimmy) Lydon ("This is Dudley"; "'Elise, if you don't marry me I'll jump in the bay... Or something!'"; best remembered for playing the title role in the long running "Henry Aldrich" movie series), Broderick Crawford ("Krupp, a bewildered cop!"; "This is Krupp"; "'All I ever do is carry out orders, I never know what the idea is behind them!'"), Ward Bond ("McCarthy, a brawny longshoreman!"), James Barton ("Kit Carson, an Indian fighter who loved a 39-pound midget!"; "This is Kit Carson"; "'Did I ever tell you about the time I fell in love with a 39-pound midget!'"), Natalie Schafer, Richard Erdmann ("Willie, pinball maniac, whose one ambition is to beat 'the machine'!"; "This is Willie"; "'With a little skill a man can make a living beating the pin ball machines!'"), Paul Draper ("Harry, a born dancer who'd like to make the world laugh!"; "This is Harry"; "'I've got all kinds of crazy ideaas in my head to make the world laugh!'"), Gale Page ("Mary L., the kind of girl you fall in love with at first sight!"), James Lydon, Richard Erdman, Reginald Beane ("Wesley, he plays a mean piano"), Tom Powers ("Blick, a heel!"; "This is Blick"l "'You know me... friendly. For a hundred bucks I keep my mouth shut!'"), James Barton, Paul Draper, and John 'Skins' Miller
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Important Added Info: Note that pressbooks were prepared prior to a movie being released. Often, changes would be made in a movie advertising campaign (billing of actors, different images, etc.), and the theaters would print up special supplements that they would send out with the pressbooks that had already been printed. These supplements are very rare, far more rare than the pressbooks themselves! Some pressbooks would have no supplements, some would have one, and some would have several. Also note that we have provided an image of the front and back covers of this pressbook, 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!

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