Last Train from Bombay (Columbia Pictures) (1952)

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EXOTIC INDIA India is a fabled land of exotic perfume, flowers, jewelry and magic, and “Last Train From Bombay” can inspire numerous tie-ups. Interest merchants in coop ads, and obtain from them colorful items to be used in a lobby display. You can embellish the overall effect of such a display by utilizing a colorful oriental drape or rug as a backdrop and superimposing “Last Train From Bombay” stills upon it. dramatic shows. Oe ee ee De et eZ ‘BOMBAY’ TRAVEL Tie in the colorful and exciting background of “Last Train From Bombay” with luggage shops, travel bureaus, plane and steamship lines. Work co-op advertising in newspapers and magazines. Try for travel posters, too. INDIA MUSIC Get your local disc jockey to hold a contest on music, popular and semi-classical, which has for its theme anything to do with India. Offer guest tickets to those radio listeners who send in the correct titles. Page 6 Radio Spots Place these announcements where they will do the most good on local stations. Aim for radio time immediately before and after action and 15 SECONDS: All aboard! All aboard! “Last Train From Bombay" leaving immediately for danger and exotic intrigue! "Last Train From Bombay" bound for boundless excitement! “Last Train From Bombay" has a rendezvous with terror! Don't miss Columbia Pictures’ "Last Train From Bombay," starring Jon Hall at the State Theatre Friday. 30 SECONDS: Looking for danger and excitement? Then don't miss the “Last Train From Bombay"! Want to catch thrill-a-second intrigue and boundless excitement? Then be sure to see ‘Last Train From Bombay," roaring out of the night to a rendezvous with terror. "Last Train From Bombay" is a new Columbia Pictures’ adventure of exotic danger and explosive action! "Last Train From Bombay" is crammed with suspense, loaded with intrigue. “Last Train From Bombay" stars Jon Hall and features Christine Larson, Lisa Ferraday and Douglas R. Kennedy at the State Theatre Friday. Don't miss “Last Train From Bombay." ND fe em Fo Wee of We of ee oh ee oh TN Fo a fe ea ofe e ofe e of e ofs A of eR of We. of eA of ‘BOMBAY’ BOOKS Many famous authors from Kipling to Maugham have found India an exciting theme for hundreds of books. Get your local school and public librarians to feature a special display of books on India, well in advance of your playdate. Provide them with colorful bookmarks which carry your playdate. A local bookstore might defray the cost of printing by imprinting own advertising on reverse side of the bookmark. ' ei ee! Cat ee. Lm BOSTON—BOMBAY Jon Hall wears a number of modern business suits in “Last Train From Bombay.” Effect a tie in with local mens wear stores, with copy: “From Boston tio Bombay, Suit Suits You. See Jon Hall in ‘Last Train From Bombay’ at the State Theatre. ‘BOMBAY’ GUESTS Invite as your guests on opening day, any one who has travelled in, or been stationed in, India. Arrange newspaper interviews and pictures. Boundless Intrigue, Excitement Ride Last Train From Bombay’ (Review) Columbia Pictures’ “Last Train From Bombay”’ thrilled yesterday’s opening day audiences at the_........... Theatre, as it roared through a _terror-filled story of action, murder and exotic intrigue in India. Jon Hall stars in the film, an explosive drama paced with thrill-a-second danger and crammed with excitement. “Last Train From Bombay” hurtles Hall into a web of danger that relentlessly tightens about him from the very moment when, as a young American diplomat, he first sets foot on India’s soil. A chance meeting of the diplomat with a former army buddy, turned renegade, leads to the man’s murder at the hands of an unknown fanatic. Before the adventurer dies, however, he tells Hall of an assassin ring sworn to incite civil war in India and plotting the murder of the famous Nawob of Janipur to achieve that end. Desperately seeking to smash the plot to assassinate the Nawob by dynamiting his train, Hall valiantly fights against the quicksand of events that threatens his own life. Falsely accused of murder and a fugitive from the police, with death by assassination stalking his every turn, the young diplomat’s only chance for survival is to locate the site of the explosives, thwart the assassination attempt and clear himself of the murder charge by capturing the leaders of the fanatic ring. “Last Train From Bombay” rockets along at a suspenseful, exciting clip, hurtling to a breath-taking climax that displays Hall as an actor of vigorous scope. Mat 1-A; Still No. 52 JON HALL and Christine Larson smash an assassin ring in India, in Columbia Pictures’ “Last Train From Bombay” now playing at the Theatre. Christine Larson, featured in the film as an English tourist who joins Hall in his desperate fight against time, turns in a graceful, distinguished performance. Also featured in “Last Train From Bombay” are Lisa Ferraday as a sultry B-girl with “knock-out” beauty, and Douglas R. Kennedy as the killer whose sudden death percipitates the thrill-a-second action. Sam Katzman produced “Last Train From Bombay.” Fred F. Sears directed, from Robert Yale Libott’s screen play. Jon Hall Portrays Diplomat Role In Last Train From Bombay’ (General Advance) Jon Hall stars in “Last Train From Bombay,” Columbia Pictures’ latest adventure tale of action, murder and exotic intrigue at the.......... Theatre, as a young diplomat newly-arrived in India who finds himself the object of both police pursuit and assassin terror. From the beginning, “Last Train From Bombay” reportedly moves with express-train speed. Hall finds himself accused of murdering a former army buddy turned renegade and is forced to flee from both the police and a fanatic band of assassins who are plotting civil war. Aware that the assassin ring plans to blow up the train carrying the famous Nawob of Janipur, potentate of India, Hall finds himself in a desperate race against time. Unable to turn to the police for help, or even to his own Embassy, he sets out not only to prevent the wholesale murder, but to halt the certain political disaster which would result from the Nawob’s assassination. Hollywood reports a fine cast supporting Hall in “Last Train From Bombay.” Featured players include Christine Larson as the lovely English tourist who joins Hall in his desperate rendezvous with terror; Lisa Ferraday as a Bombay B-girl with “knock-out” beauty, and Douglas R. Kennedy as the would-be assassin whose murder precipitates the thrill-a-second action of the film. “Last Train From Bombay” was produced by Sam Katzman and directed by Fred F. Sears. Robert Yale Libott penned the screen play for this Columbia picture. "Last Train’ Due A tale of action and exotic intrigue in colorful India, Columbia Pictures’ “Last Train From Bombay,” stars Jon Hall HO these: Theatre on.............. The supporting cast includes Christine Larson, Lisa Ferraday and Douglas R. Kennedy. “Last Train From Bombay” was written by Robert Yale Libott, Fred F. Sears directed and Sam Katzman produced the film for Columbia Pictures.