SO DARK THE NIGHT 1946 Steven Geray - Joseph H. Lewis TRADE ADVERT

Original Double-Sided British 17 inch x 11 inch Trade Advertisement for the 1946 Joseph H. Lewis Film Noir SO DARK THE NIGHT, based on a story by Aubrey Wisberg and starring Steven Geray, Micheline Cheirel, Eugene Borden, Ann Codee, Egon Brecher and Helen Freeman.

This is Joseph H. Lewis's second feature and one that has the same intense energy as his The Big Combo (1955) and My Name is Julia Ross (1945). The Freudian story is wacky and strains credibility, but the elegant style Lewis uses is mesmerizing. The film noir's light touches are magnificently caught in the rich depiction of rural life and the character study of a psychological breakdown due to a pressured psyche that induces schizophrenia. This makes for a fascinating watch. So Dark the Night is a rarely shown obscure film, and it is a beauty. Burnett Guffey used his camera effectively in many strange angled shots while his dark black shadings express the contrasting somber mood to the airy country landscape.

The advert artwork is by Dudley Pout.

On the reverse is the 1946 William Castle Film Noir MYSTERIOUS INTRUDER starring Richard Dix, Barton MacLane, Nina Vale, Regis Toomey, Mike Mazurki, Pamela Blake and Otto Forrest as the voice of The Whistler AND the 1946 John Sturges Thriller THE MAN WHO DARED starring Leslie Brooks, George Macready, Forrest Tucker, Charles D. Brown, and Warren Mills.

The Advertisement is in very good condition with one vertical centre fold with 2 staple holes along it.