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Auction History Result 2s0032 REBECCA 1/2sh 1940 Alfred Hitchcock classic, Laurence Olivier & Joan Fontaine, ultra rare! Date Sold 8/7/2022 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Paperbacked Half-Sheet Movie Poster (1/2sh; measures 22" x 28" [56 x 71 cm]) (Learn More) Rebecca, the classic 1940 Alfred Hitchcock (nominated for the Best Director Academy Award for this film) romantic love triangle melodrama ("You loved the novel, you'll love the picture."; "Between his lips and hers the shadow of this woman!"; "A lonely man, a lovely girl ...struggling against the secret of Manderley"; "The shadow of a remembered woman came between their lips... But these two had the courage to hope... And to live their love!"; "From the best-selling novel by Daphne de Maurier"; "Gloriously she loved him... though a dread suspicion gnawed at her heart! The secret of Manderley... challenging, mysterious... broods over a powerful drama of two lonely people who lived on courage and hope!"; "Produced by David O. Selznick who made 'Gone With the Wind'"; winner of the Best Picture Academy Award; about a young woman who marries a rich and powerful widower after a short romance, and she feels she is in constant competition with her husband's dead wife, or is she?) starring Laurence Olivier (nominated for the Best Actor Academy Award for this film; "Hero of Wuthering Heights"), Joan Fontaine (nominated for the Best Actress Academy Award for this film; "in her sensational starring debut"), George Sanders, Judith Anderson (nominated for the Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for this film), Gladys Cooper, Nigel Bruce, Reginald Denny, C. Aubrey Smith, and Florence Bates 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 never before auctioned this first release half-sheet (or the other style first release half-sheet)! Also note that this poster has been paperbacked. What is paperbacking? This means the poster was backed onto a paper backing (acid-free), that is similar in feel to that of the original poster (except somewhat heavier). It is a similar process to linenbacking, except that most collectors use linenbacking for one-sheets and paperbacking for half-sheets, inserts, window cards, and lobby cards. Note that because this poster was paperbacked onto a thicker paper backing, it CAN'T be sent rolled (someone could conceivably roll it or try to do so, but we know it would definitely lessen its condition, so we will only send it in a very large flat package, unless the buyer insists, and then they would be responsible for any damage). What IS paperbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: good. Prior to paperbacking, the poster had creases, scuffs, and fine surface paper loss along both folds and all of the borders were trimmed off. The poster was displayed and the reds in the poster changed to an orange and affected the faces of the stars. There were also some stains scattered throughout. Overall, the poster was in fair to good condition prior to paperbacking. Someone backed the card and restored the missing borders, and they performed restoration to the above defects, but they did not address the fading, and the restoration is still somewhat noticeable. In spite of all this, this incredibly rare poster can be displayed and enjoyed, and given that there may not even be another example of the poster, it might be an incredibly long wait to try to find a better condition example! Learn More about condition grades 
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