eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 6x512 DICK TRACY MEETS GRUESOME pressbook '47 Boris Karloff gives Ralph Byrd the shock of his life! 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]; 8 pages) (Learn More) Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome (released in other English-speaking countries as "Dick Tracy's Amazing Adventure"), the 1947 John Rawlins action science fiction (sci-fi) detective mystery crime thriller ("Horror man traps super-sleuth!"; "He's enough to scare even Tracy!"; based on the classic newspaper comic strip characters created by Chester Gould) starring Boris Karloff (in the title role as Gruesome), Ralph Byrd (in the title role as Dick Tracy), Anne Gwynne, Edward Ashley, June Clayworth, Lyle Latell, and Skeleton Knaggs (as X-Ray). Note that Ralph Byrd played Dick Tracy in two serials and then in several feature films. 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 is complete and uncut. It is folded across the middle and has faint brown staining at the top 1" of each page, but otherwise, it is in pretty nice condition! Learn More about condition grades
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