Five magazine ads for the film “Crossfire” (1947)

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.1 Off-white page with black print removed from a magazine, bearing a full-page advertisement for the film, “Crossfire” on the front. Spanning the top are three lines of advertising copy in a large, black font. Below, on the left, is an illustration of a Broadway theater exterior advertising the film, with a caption below and a single column of text to the right. Below the image, there are three columns of text on the left and another image on the right. The second image depicts a man lying on the ground, grabbing the ankle of another man, who is only visible from the mid-torso down. Spanning the bottom of the page is a full-width, black, bar, which contains the film title and credits, printed in white. The back of the sheet contains three columns of unrelated text and images. The left edge of the sheet is torn and slightly ragged, with partial staple-holes. Depicted: Robert Young as Captain Finlay, Robert Mitchum as Sgt. Felix Keeley, Robert Ryan as Sgt. Montgomery, Gloria Grahame as Ginny Tremaine, Sam Levene as Joseph Samuels .2 White page with black print removed from a magazine, with a full-page advertisement for the film, “Crossfire” on the font. Spanning the top is black advertising copy. In the center of the page is a three-by-three grid of headshots, each with a caption underneath. The top row has three men, the first of which is wearing a brimmed hat and a pipe in his mouth. The center row has a man and fair-haired woman, and the bottom row has another fair-haired woman and man. Obscuring the bottom two images in the right column is a canted, white, rectangle with an unevenly-sketched, black border, containing the film tile and credits. Partially visible to the bottom right of the rectangle, is an illustration of a man choking another man, who is on his knees and has his arms raised. Publication information is printed in small, black text in the bottom margin. The back of the sheet contains a large, unrelated advertisement. The left edge of the sheet is torn and ragged. Depicted: Robert Young as Captain Finlay, Robert Mitchum as Sgt. Felix Keeley, Robert Ryan as Sgt. Montgomery, George Cooper as Corp. Arthur Mitchell, Gloria Grahame as Ginny Tremaine, Jacqueline White as Mary Mitchell, Sam Levene as Joseph Samuels .3 White page with black print removed from a magazine, with a full-page advertisement for the film, “Crossfire” on the front. The top of the page is filled with an image of a man wearing a suit, tie, and pocket square, holding a pistol in his open palm. He is sitting on a table in a shadowy room, with his brows furrowed and lips pressed together. To the right, overlaying the image, is a quote, printed in white text. Overlaying the bottom of the image is a smaller-scale image of another man in a collared shirt and tie, who seems to be looking up at the man with the pistol. Directly below the second man, in the bottom right corner of the page, are three stacked headshots of a man and two women, with captions to the right. On the bottom left of the page are the film title and credits, printed in black. The publication information is printed in the top margin. The back of the sheet contains four columns of unrelated advertising and text. The left edge of the sheet is torn and ragged. Depicted: Robert Young as Captain Finlay, Robert Mitchum as Sgt. Felix Keeley, Robert Ryan as Sgt. Montgomery, Gloria Grahame as Ginny Tremaine .4 White page with brown-toned print removed from a magazine, with a full-page advertisement for the film, “Crossfire” on the front. The page features a large, rectangular scene still that extends to the left and top edges, with a wide margin on the right. The image depicts a man on a dark, deserted street in front of a building, poised to run. A studio logo is in the top left corner, and the film title is in small, white text in the bottom left corner. Directly below the large image is a two-columned caption, and four, square headshots of the cast. The back of the sheet features a large article title in black text with white shadowing, overlaying a bird’s eye shot of a studio complex. Depicted: Robert Young as Captain Finlay, Robert Mitchum as Sgt. Felix Keeley, Robert Ryan as Sgt. Montgomery, Gloria Grahame as Ginny Tremaine .5 White page with black print removed from a magazine, with a full-page advertisement for the film “Crossfire” on the front. In the top left corner, there is a large, rectangular image depicting a man lying on the ground, grabbing the ankle of another man, who is only visible from the mid-torso down. Overlaying the image is advertising copy printed in white. To the right of the image is a column of four scene stills, each with a caption below. On the bottom left of the page are the film title and credits, printed in black. A small studio logo is printed in the bottom right corner. The back of the sheet features an unrelated, full-page image. On the front, there are several small, dark stains in the upper left margin. Depicted: Sam Levene as Joseph Samuels, Robert Mitchum as Sgt. Felix Keeley, Jacqueline White as Mary Mitchell, Gloria Grahame as Ginny Tremaine, George Cooper as Corp. Arthur Mitchell, , Robert Ryan as Sgt. Montgomery, Robert Young as Captain Finlay

.1 front, bottom right margin, handwritten, pencil : 1947