You Only Live Once (Original pressbook for the 1937 film)

Fritz Lang (director); Gene Towne, C. Graham Baker (screenplay); Henry Fonda, Sylvia Sidney (starring)

Published by Walter Wanger Productions, Los Angeles, 1937

About this Item

Vintage pressbook and matching deluxe advertising supplement with a single ad mat laid in for the 1937 film. One of Fritz Lang's greatest American films, and an important film noir antecedent, very much predicting the "crime spree" films that would follow it, notably "They Live By Night" (1948), "Gun Crazy" (1950), and "Bonnie and Clyde" (1967). Pressbook: Saddle stapled wrappers, 18 pages. Some splitting at the spine heel, else Near Fine, unfolded. Advertiser's manual: Saddle stapled wrappers: 32 pages. One small cut-out, else Near Fine and unfolded.

Seller Inventory # 135914

Bibliographic Details

• Title: You Only Live Once (Original pressbook for the 1937 film)
• Publisher: Walter Wanger Productions, Los Angeles
• Publication Date: 1937
• Binding: Soft cover
• Seller catalogs:
  • Mystery and Crime
  • Film Noir
  • Film Pressbooks