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5j752 PRODIGAL style A 1/2sh '55 sexiest Biblical Lana Turner & Edmond Purdom!

Date Sold 2/24/2015

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An Original Vintage Theatrical Folded Style A Half-Sheet Movie Poster (1/2sh; measures 22" x 28" [56 x 71 cm]) (Learn More)

The Prodigal, the 1955 Richard Thorpe religious Biblical romantic fantasy adventure melodrama ("Two Years In the Making! A Fortune to Produce!"; "The story of Woman's Beauty and Man's Temptation!"; "MGM's magnificent Cinemascope and Color Spectacle!"; "Adaptation From The Bible Story by Joe Breen Jr. and Samuel James Larsen"; an attempt to explain what happened to the Jewish son in Jesus' parable of the prodigal son, between the time when he left his father and returned penniless; the writers invented a story of him falling for a beautiful pagan priestess, who deceives him) starring Lana Turner (as Samarra), Edmund Purdom (as Micah), Louis Calhern, Audrey Dalton, James Mitchell, Neville Brand, Walter Hampden, Taina Elg, Francis L. Sullivan, Joseph Wiseman, and Sandy Descher (billed as "Sandra Descher")
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Important Added Info: Note that this poster was folded at one time but has been laying flat for a long time and will be sent rolled in a tube.

Condition: fair to good. There are some creases and tears of varying lengths around the edges of the poster (2" or less and some have been repaired with tape from the back). There are water stains at lower right and there are tape stains around the edges on back of the poster. There are some stains in Turner's face both at left and at center. Please see our super-sized image to get a good sense of the condition of this item prior to placing a bid.
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