Were they kidding? WAY too much print here. What seems designed to be the attention-grabber is the word "Hell" at top. Considered a rather strong no-no word in those days, its block letters are even underlined here for emphasis. Tells us...what? If you already know the story of DANTE'S INFERNO, then you know it DOES deal with Hell. What you don't know is that this isn't THAT story anyway. There's no clue about that in the text.
Spencer Tracy was still an up and comer at this stage, as was Claire Trevor, neither yet at the peak of their abilities or their drawing powers. And with the whole ad looking more overall like the cover of some "end-of-the-world" pamphlet delivered to your door by a couple of well-dressed folks while you're trying to sleep in on a Saturday morning, I would most definitely pass on this one!
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