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Auction History Result 3e477 L'AFFAIRE DU COURRIER DE LYON French 1p '37 wonderful art of crowd staring at silhouette! Date Sold 11/20/2014 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Folded French One-Panel "Grande" Movie Poster (1p; measures 43 1/2" x 62 1/4" [110 x 158 cm]) (Learn More) L'Affaire Du Courrier De Lyon (literally translates to "Mail From The Affair In Lyon"), the 1937 Claude Autant-Lara & Maurice Lehmann French historical mistaken identity murder melodrama (based on a true story from 1796, about a man who is mistakenly accused of robbing a stagecoach and killing the driver because he looks like the real criminal, and he is tried and witnesses identify him, and his wife tries to save him, but he is sentenced to the guillotine; at the end, the "man" is shown being beheaded, but it is revealed that it is a recreation in a wax museum, where the judge in the case is watching the recreation, and is sad because he knows an innocent man was executed!) starring Pierre Blanchar, Dita Parlo (she was a sexy German actress of the late 1920s who had great success in two French movies, "L'Atalante" in 1934 and "La Grande Illusion" in 1937; she came to the United States, and was going to be in Orson Welles' version of Joseph Conrad's "Heart of Darkness", but that movie fell through; she is idolized by Madonna!), Jacques Copeau, Charles Dullin, Sylvia Bataille, and Helene Robert. It appears this movie was never released in the U.S. If anyone knows more about this movie, please e-mail us and we will post it here. 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 this is a "country of origin" poster for this French movie! Also note that this poster has been trimmed and it now measures 43 1/2" x 62 1/4" [110 x 158 cm]. Condition: good to very good. Learn More about condition grades 
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