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Auction History Result 8e958 WEST SIDE STORY 1sh '61 classic musical, Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, rare pre-awards poster! Date Sold 5/27/2014 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Folded One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 27" x 41" [69 x 104 cm]) (Learn More) West Side Story, the classic 1961 Robert Wise & Jerome Robbins (winners of the Best Director Academy Award for this film) New York City romantic dance musical ("The screen achieves one of the great entertainments in the history of motion pictures"; "'Best Picture' Winner of 10 Academy Awards 1961"; "Based upon the stage play produced by Robert E. Griffith and Harold S. Prince" winner of the Best Picture Academy Award; with a sentimental script by Ernest Lehman, which borrows heavily from "Romeo & Juliet"; based on a book by Arthur Laurents) starring Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn, Rita Moreno (winner of the Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for this film), and George Chakiris (winner of the Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for this film). The wonderful music was by Leonard Bernstein and the equally wonderful lyrics were by Stephen Sondheim. Note that Natalie Wood's singing was dubbed by Marni Nixon (who had also dubbed The King and I and The Sound of Music), and Richard Beymer's singing was dubbed as well. Recordings exist of some of Natalie Wood's singing, and she absolutely would have been fine, but Hollywood demands perfection! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Artist: Joseph Caroff Important Added Info: Note that the classic art for this classic movie poster has long and often been misidentified as being by Saul Bass, but it is actually by Joseph Caroff (actually, Saul Bass had nothing to do with the artwork for the first release, but Bob Peak did do some artwork, but it was completely different)! Also note that this poster is the rare first release one-sheet, which was from before the movie won the Best Picture Academy Award. After it won the Academy Awards, some of these posters had snipes added to the top left area, and other posters were printed that look the same, but have Academy Award information printed on them, and a 1962 copyright date. This poster IS the rare first release pre-Awards poster!
UPDATED 05/26/2014: Note that we initially had a note in the Important Added Info section that mentioned a snipe. However, that note was incorrect and there isn't a snipe on this poster! Condition: good. There are small tears and paper loss around the edges, and a 3" tear in the lower edge. There is separation, tattering, and paper loss along the lower vertical foldline and lower crossfold (some of which has been repaired by masking tape from the back that slightly bleeds through to the front.) There is a piece of masking tape on the back that bleeds through to the front of the upper right blank border (not put there for any restoration purpose) and a 1" tear in the lower left corner. Learn More about condition grades 
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