eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 7a074 SWORD IN THE DESERT linen 1/2sh '49 Dana Andrews, their story is written in the burning sands! Date Sold 4/3/2014Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked Style A Half-Sheet Movie Poster (1/2sh; measures 22" x 28" [56 x 71 cm]) (Learn More) Sword in the Desert, the 1949 George Sherman England Middle-East Palestine Israel War of Independence melodrama ("Their story is written in the burning sands and bullets sing the fame of their deeds!"; about an American freighter captain who smuggles Jewish refugees into Palestine just before the 1948-49 War of Independence; the producers tried to be very even handed and not favor either side, and this is surely one of the very first movies made after the creation of Israel about this subject, because the war ended in March of 1949 and this movie was released in August of 1949) starring Dana Andrews, Marta Toren, Stephen McNally, Jeff Chandler (in his third credited movie role!), Philip Friend, Hugh French, and Liam Redmond. Note that Jeff Chandler was Jewish and had been born Ira Grossel. He never hid his Jewish heritage, and he was very proud to appear in this movie, and it was the only character he ever played who was explicitly Jewish (he played one of the refugees). NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: good to very good. The poster had many creases across the horizontal fold, with creases, tears, tiny paper loss, and smudges around the edges. 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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