[78-L] Richaed Widmark disc

David Lennick dlennick at sympatico.ca
Mon Dec 8 08:56:42 PST 2008


Malcolm Rockwell wrote:
> This, from this moprning's ePay listings:
> 
> Pick Up On South Street radio promo 78
> 
> This is a 10" 78 with 3 radio spots on it for the Samuel Fuller film 
> noir classic "Pick Up on South Street", starring Richard Widmark. It has 
> 3 tracks on it,  a 60 second spot, a 30 second spot, and a 20 second 
> spot. This was distributed to radio stations when the movie came out in 
> 1953. This is a never been played stock MINT copy. This record is 
> one-sided. The spot itself is great, playing up the "B-Girl" angle, sex 
> sells I guess...  Although the "red menace" spy angle is pushed as "Not 
> since House on 92nd Street has there been a movie like this!"
> 
> Wait a minnit... if it has never been played how does he know what's on it?
> And if it has been played it's no longer mint, right?
> M
> 

It's now "mintish".

dl



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