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Auction History Result 4x002 CAT PEOPLE style B 1/2sh '42 Val Lewton, different image of sexy Simone Simon, ultra rare! Date Sold 11/6/2012 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Paperbacked Style B Half-Sheet Movie Poster (1/2sh; measures 22" x 28" [56 x 71 cm]) (Learn More) Cat People, the classic 1942 Jacques Tourneur human-feline romantic horror thriller ("She was one of the dreaded 'Cat People' -- doomed to slink and prowl and court by night... fearing always that a lover's kiss might change her into a snarling, clawing Killer!"; "She was marked with the curse of those who slink and court and kill by night!"; "A kiss could change her into a monstrous fang-and-claw killer!"; "To kiss her meant death by her own fangs and claws!"; "Beautiful, warm, glamorous by day, she dared not love - for her kisses might change to snarls, her embraces to the death grips of the awful 'Cat People' who stalk and strike by night! ... The Strangest Story You Ever Tried To Get Out Of Your Dreams!"; "Pretty Girl - Black Beast - They're One!"; "Written by DeWitt Bodeen"; produced by Val Lewton) starring Simone Simon, Kent Smith, Tom Conway, Jane Randolph, Jack Holt, and Mary Halsey. Note that when this movie was first announced by RKO Pictures in 1942, it was called "The Cat People" in the first trade ads, but it was released simply as "Cat People". NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Important Added Info: Note that any posters from the first release of this classic movie are extremely rare and expensive. Perhaps that was because there was a re-release which was made just ten years after the original, and probably whatever original 1942 paper was still around in 1952 was used up during that re-release, which would help explain why so little original 1942 movie paper still survives (and this wonderful style B half-sheet poster is the only one that has a pink background, and which shows Simon sprawled in a cat-like pose on the floor)! We have never auctioned this poster before, and since we can only find two times that it has ever been auctioned before, and since both those times seem to have been this exact same poster, it may be either the only surviving example of this poster, or certainly just one of a tiny number! Also note that this poster has been paperbacked. What IS paperbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: very good. Prior to paperbacking, the poster was folded once in each direction and there were tiny creases and scuffs on both folds. There was tiny surface paper loss at the top of the vertical foldline in the "T" of "MEANT" and just below it. There was a piece of tape in the left of the bottom border that extended into the "MO" of "SIMONE" and a piece of tape in the left of the top blank border that did not enter the image. There was a 1 1/2" horizontal mark in Simon's dress 1/2" below the horizontal foldline. There were some tiny pinholes and tiny tears in the borders, with some faint smudges and scuffs scattered in the image. Overall, the poster was in very good condition prior to paperbacking. The poster was nicely backed, and displays well! Learn More about condition grades 
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