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MURDER, MY SWEET (1944) Vntg orig campaign book Chandler adaptation, unfolded NF
MURDER, MY SWEET (1944) Vntg orig campaign book Chandler adaptation, unfolded NF
MURDER, MY SWEET (1944) Vntg orig campaign book Chandler adaptation, unfolded NF

MURDER, MY SWEET (1944) Vntg orig campaign book Chandler adaptation, unfolded NF

$ 396

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Modified Item: No
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
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  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Item must be returned within: 14 Days
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  • Original/Reproduction: Original

    Description

    MURDER, MY SWEET
    (1944)
    Vintage original 12 x 18" (30 x 45 cm.) pressbook/campaign book, 20 pages, USA. Dick Powell, Claire Trevor, Anne Shirley, dir: Edward Dymtryk; RKO. Private eye Phillip Marlowe is led into a complex web of deceit, perjury, theft and murder when he is hired to find an ex-con's former girlfriend.
    After years of playing the ingénue male in great WB musicals (and briefly at MGM), Dick Powell revitalized his career in film noir. RKO was on the brink of bankruptcy and signed Powell to make some musicals, his stipulation being that he played a dramatic role each year as well. So successful was the film that he need not make musicals. Even writer Raymond Chandler praised his performance. The title of Chandler's novel,
    Farewell, My Lovely
    , was changed in fear that audiences might mistake the film for a musical with Powell starring. Teen star Anne Shirley was able to expand her career with her adult role in this film and Claire Trevor, referred to in the advertising by-line "Forget that Feeling' She's got murder in her heart!" had become the ultimate film noir
    femme fatale
    .
    This wonderful oversize campaign book includes the full run of intriguing posters, lobby displays and tie-on advertising and merchandising. There are tie-ins to the original novel, as well as magazine and newspaper articles. The book was not folded, which is rare. There are internal tears to pages 9, 10, 11 and 12 at the centers. There is no paper loss in these areas, NEAR FINE.
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    AUTHENTICATION:
    My name is Walter Reuben. I have been collecting movie posters since 1978. I have been a full-time dealer since 1982. I have personally handled thousands of rare vintage posters and have sold to collectors, libraries, and museums in all parts of the world. Everything which I sell is fully researched and entirely guaranteed to be completely authentic and as described. A lifetime of experience goes behind every description of every piece which I offer.
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