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Auction History Result 5a0022 ALEXANDER THE GREAT linen 3sh 1956 Richard Burton, Frederic March as Philip of Macedonia, rare! Date Sold 9/3/2023 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked Three-Sheet Movie Poster (3sh; measures 41" x 81" [104 x 206 cm]) (Learn More) Alexander the Great, the 1956 Robert Rossen U.S./Spanish historical sword-and-sandal adventure epic ("The Colossus of motion pictures!"; "Peopled with a cast of thousands!"; "In preparation for over one decade! So mighty it staggers the imagination!"; "Conqueror of Conquerors!"; "Spectacle of Spectacles!"; "The colossus who conquered the world now..."; "...Yet he was flesh and blood! The world has never known another like him!"; "The Battles"; "The battle of Lilyria"; "The battle of Cheronea"; "The Rape of Olynthus"; "The battle of Granicus"; "The Infamies"; "The captured women of Miletus"; "The Assassination of Philip of Macedonia"; "The burning of the palace at Perspolis"; "The Spectacles"; "The mass marriage of thousands of Persian women"; "The human juggernaut of shield, sword and spear"; "The 11,000-mile route of conquest"; "The charge of the knife-studded chariots"; "The cutting of the Gordian Knot"; "The statued Agorra at Athens"; "The shrine of Zeus-Ammon"; "The decadent palace at Pella"; "The Awesome siege machines of Macedonia"; "Aristotle called him a poet, a dreamer --- His people called him a statesman and a warrior --- His enemies called him an illegitimate barbarian --- His women called him a great lover --- And he believed himself to be a god") starring Richard Burton (in the title role as Alexander), Fredric March (as Philip of Macedonia), Claire Bloom, Barry Jones, Harry Andrews, Stanley Baker, Niall MacGinnis, Danielle Darrieux (billed as "With the French Star Danielle Darrieux"), and Peter Cushing 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 we have only previously auctioned two examples of this poster, and only one in the last 10 years! What IS linenbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: good to very good. The poster had small paper loss at some crossfolds and some creases, tears, and tiny paper loss on parts of some folds, with smudges scattered in the yellow background areas. Overall, the poster was in good to very good condition prior to linenbacking. The restorer backed the poster "in the European style", meaning that they did not do restoration to the defects described above. Learn More about condition grades 
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