Pressbooks (Non-Horror)
While the City Sleeps (1956) Pressbook
I've not watched Fritz Lang's While the City Sleeps yet, but the pressbook is a large format promotion, and tie-up bonanza, for it. The cast is quite impressive and the pressbook highlights that, too.
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This is Russia (1958) Pressbook
Remember when Sputnik was the least of our worries with Russia? If you do, here's a nostalgic trip down memory lane for you.
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The Scarlet Spear (1954) Pressbook
Lots of sell and promotion fills this pressbook for The Scarlet Spear, a jungle movie "actually filmed in the jungle." From a chimp delivering the film reels, to street bally and product tie-ups, they covered all the bases; and tossed in a coloring page for good measure.
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Rear Window (1954) Re-Release Pressbook
This is the re-release pressbook for 1962. I'm willing to bet you never knew there was an Alfred Hitchcock Coloring Book to promote the movie! Well, only four pages, sure, but the "This is a seat in a movie theatre" page should be colored and framed. And you thought Roger Corman and William Castle were the only ones with a barker-bone in their bodies, didn't you?
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Tension at Table Rock (1956) Pressbook
Here's a nice dry and dusty Western for you on a cold snowy day. Tension at Table Rock sports an eye-grabbing illustration in the poster art, daring you to blink twice. Not only is there a song tie-in to go along with the movie's action, there's also Hollywood Bread; no casting call needed, just butter.
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The Wild Bunch (1969) Pressbook
I have yet to see this film. Some movies just need the right moment to enjoy fully. Here's the comic reader version: Download The Wild Bunch Pressbook.
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Hustler Squad (1976) Pressbook
The poster art is pretty eye-grabbing in that pulp paperback sort of way; but don't expect that level of sleaze in the movie. It's just a tease for trash-loving movie buffs. Comic reader version: Download Hustler Squad Pressbook
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Charlie Chan
and the Feathered Serpent (1948)
Pressbook
Once you get past the stereotypes these actors were locked into by the script writers, they're still damn good actors. Here's the pressbook for Charlie Chan and the Feathered Serpent. Mantan Moreland expertly provided the comic relief for many movies, including King of the Zombies. Playing the servant role at a time when Hollywood accepted such limitations for audience consumption, he transcended his chauffeur and butler characters to make otherwise lacklustre movies worth seeing just for him alone. He became a key draw for the Charlie Chan series from Monogram. At one point, Moe and Shemp Howard seriously considered him for a role as one of the Three Stooges. He was that good.
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Charlie Chan
and the Feathered Serpent (1948)
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To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) Pressbook
A powerful book, a powerful movie. (Comic book reader version: Download To Kill a Mockingbird Pressbook)
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Shock Corridor (1963) Movie Herald
Here's the tabloid herald for Shock Corridor. Lots of exploitation-sell, such as "shocking world of psychos and sex-maddened women exposed!" and "the snake-pit world revealed in all its outrages!" Now, of course, it sounds like just another day in politics. Back then, though, it meant something!
Shock Corridor (1963) Pressbook
I'll list Shock Corridor under non-horror but it terrified me when I first saw it on television in cathode ray tube black and white. So, yes, I was too young for it. But it still scares me. A journalist fakes insanity to go after a story. The story starts to go after him instead. Here's the pressbook to serve as a warning to you. But definitely see it. It just may scare and unsettle you as much as it did me.
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