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Darryl F. Zanuck's The Longest Day, the classic 1962 Ken Annakin & Andrew Marton World War II (WWII) military D-Day melodrama ("Based on the book by Cornelius Ryan"; "The Internationally acclaimed hit with every thrilling scene intact!"; "With 42 International Stars!"; "This is the day that changed the world... When the thousand thousands swept the beach... When history held its breath."; "This is the day that changed the world... When the thousand thousands swept the beach...when the sea swelled to overflowing with many armadas... when history held its breath and watched the day that changed the face of the world. Here is perhaps the greatest cast ever assembled... In what is certainly one of the great films of all times."; "The internationally acclaimed hit just as it was shown in the major capitals of the world!"; "Internationally acclaimed!"; "Acclaimed throughout the world!"; nominated for the Best Picture Academy Award; about the coordinated Allied invasion of France on Normandy Beach on June 6, 1944, when 160,000 Allied troops landed on a 50 mile stretch of beach, and it was the turning point in the war in Europe in World War II) starring John Wayne, Richard Burton, Red Buttons, Sean Connery, Fabian, Mel Ferrer, Henry Fonda, Curd Jurgens (billed as "Curt Jurgens"), Peter Lawford, Dewey Martin, Roddy McDowall, Sal Mineo, Robert Mitchum, Edmond O'Brien, Robert Ryan, George Segal, Rod Steiger, Eddie Albert, Robert Wagner, Gert Frobe, Stuart Whitman, Steve Forrest, Tom Tryon, Paul Anka, Irina Demick, and Richard Todd
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If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know.

Important Added Info: Note that some people have credited the art on this poster to Saul Bass, and it certainly IS "in the Saul Bass style". There are some websites that have this poster credited to Saul Bass, but we think it is quite possible that it is the work of another artist, and we don't want to say it is definitely Saul Bass without knowing for certain. In the case of this poster, we know that Saul Bass did a title treatment for the movie, so that might explain some of the confusion. If anyone knows more about this, please e-mail us and we will post it here.

Note that all but 28 of the folded one-sheets in this Part I of eMoviePoster.com's December Major Auction were consigned to us by legendary French dealer/collector Dominique Besson.

Dominique Besson started collecting movie posters in 1981, and became a dealer in French and European posters in 1994, and has remained as a top dealer ever since!

But in addition, 30 years ago, Dominique began collecting U.S. one-sheets, first those with Saul Bass art, and then adding Alfred Hitchcock posters, then Humphrey Bogart, and he finally ended up collecting in an amazing total of 47 different categories, purchasing the posters from all over the world!

Now the time has come to sell this wonderful collection, and Dominique has chosen eMoviePoster.com to do so, through our auctions!

As noted above, all but 28 of the folded one-sheets in this Part I come from this more remarkable collection (the 28 that do not were consigned to us by other collectors, and are clearly marked).

This is not all of the Dominique Besson collection we are auctioning. In addition, there are approximately 200 more folded one-sheets that will be in Part IV of this special auction (ones from the 1970s to present), and there are approximately 100 unfolded one-sheets that will be in Part III (including many great ones).

This is a very rare opportunity to purchase folded one-sheets (all of which have had no professional restoration) from one of the greatest one-sheet collections assembled!

Note that this one-sheet is from the category that Dominique Besson collected on that he labeled "Saul Bass".

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