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Auction History Result 4p001 BLUE DAHLIA 1sh '46 close up art of smoking Alan Ladd, sexy Veronica Lake, William Bendix Date Sold 4/7/2009 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Paperbacked Style A One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 27" x 41") (Learn More) The Blue Dahlia, the classic 1946 George Marshall romantic crime murder film noir ("Double Dame Trouble! Double-Barreled Action!"; "Double-dame trouble on his hands... and a murder mob at his throat!"; "One's out to frame him... the other to tame him!"; "With 3 famous 'finds' from 'The Lost Weekend'"; "Written by Raymond Chandler"; "Produced by John Houseman"; Ladd is a veteran just back from the war who finds his wife having an affair, and she is murdered, and he is naturally the lead suspect; he gets the ex-wife of his wife's new lover, played by Lake, to help him, and together they solve the crime) starring Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, William Bendix, Howard da Silva, Doris Dowling, Frank Faylen, Tom Powers, Vera Marshe, Hugh Beaumont, and Walter Sande. Note that while many of Raymond Chandler's works were adapted to movies, this was the only one that Chandler wrote directly as a movie! Also note that by 1946, Alan Ladd had become a very top star, so on the advertising for this movie, his image dominates the posters, with Veronica Lake in the background, whereas when "This Gun For Hire" was released 4 years earlier, Ladd was pretty unknown, and Lake dominates the advertising for that movie (although Ladd does appear on the posters)! Also, note that a year after this film was released, a woman was murdered and newspapers dubbed it "The Black Dahlia" case in a morbid twist on this film's title. 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 poster has an interesting provenance! It was purchased from the famous Cinemonde gallery in San Francisco in 1979, and has been in the consignor's collection until now! Also note that this poster has been paperbacked. What is paperbacking? This means the poster was backed onto a light paper backing (acid-free), that is similar in feel to that of the original poster (it means that the poster must be handled carefully, as the backing does not give it much added strength, but it is similar to having an unrestored poster, and yet it has been properly preserved). It is a similar process to linenbacking, except that most collectors use linenbacking for one-sheets and paperbacking for half-sheets, inserts, window cards. Condition: very good. The poster had tiny paper loss at the top crossfold and small paper loss at the bottom two crossfolds. There were some tiny horizontal tears scattered down the vertical foldline, with a lesser amount of wear and fine surface paper loss on parts of the horizontal foldlines. There were some faint smudges around the edges of the poster and in the white background areas. There were some tiny dot stains in a few of the letters of the title. Overall, the poster was in very good condition prior to paperbacking. The poster was well paperbacked, but the restoration was performed over 25 years ago, and if I owned this wonderful poster, I would have a restorer perform slight additional touch up to the restoration, mostly in the small areas of the letters of the title that have discoloration. Learn More about condition grades 
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