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Word: presold (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1932-1932
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...suggest conclusions for the story, for $6,000 in prizes. The prize contest disguised the real purpose of the broadcast: to create such suspense among the radio audience that all would rush to see the cinema. Advertisements for the trade called The Phantom of Crestwood "the picture that was presold to a hundred million," assured exhibitors that "all America wants to know who killed Jenny Wren...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Oct. 31, 1932 | 10/31/1932 | See Source »

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