eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 3w0640 CELL 2455 DEATH ROW die-cut pressbook 1955 Caryl Chessman bio, no. 1 condemned convict, rare! Date Sold 3/19/2020Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Pressbook (pb; measures 12" x 16 1/4" [30 x 41 cm]; 16 pages) (Learn More) Cell 2455, Death Row, the 1955 Fred F. Sears California true-life execution biographical jail prison crime melodrama ("The shock event of the movie year! Actually written in the Death Cell at San Quentin!"; "'Lovers' Lane Bandit's' Own Story!"; "Actually written in the DEATH CELL at San Quentin!"; "All the vivid details of the best-seller slashing across the screen!"; "Timely as today and sizzling as 'the hot seat'!"; "The personal story of Caryl Chessman No. 1 condemned convict whose life the whole world is watching!"; "The sensational best-seller becomes the shock-event of the movie year!"; "A full length feature!"; "The Times, Crimes and Confessions of a Man Awaiting Death!"; "Condemned 'lovers' lane' bandit's own story! Actually written in the Death Cell at San Quentin!"; "Based upon the book by Caryl Chessman"; about Caryl Chessman, who was convicted of rape and kidnapping and was sentenced to death, and who spent many years on death row fighting his conviction, not really on the argument that he was innocent, but more on irregularities in his trial; in the process, he became extremely educated in the law and was championed by many anti-death penalty activists) starring William Campbell, Robert Campbell, Marian Carr, Kathryn Grant, and Vince Edwards NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that we have never before auctioned this pressbook! Also 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 received 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. Learn More about condition grades
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