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Auction History Result

8m471 THEY LIVE BY NIGHT linen 1sh 1948 Nicholas Ray noir classic, Farley Granger, Cathy O'Donnell

Date Sold 8/12/2018
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An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked Style A One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 27" x 41" [69 x 104 cm]) (Learn More)

They Live By Night (released in Australia as "The Twisted Road"), the classic 1948 Nicholas Ray romantic doomed romance crime film noir ("'Cops or no cops I'm going through!'"; "We're in a jam!"; "You're crazy to stick to me... But I'd rather die than let you go!"; "The headlines screamed their crime... But they told only half the story. Would YOU give these kids another chance?"; "TWO KIDS... Outside the law! Desperate... Hunted... Yet so in love! This is their story, the one the screaming headlines never told!"; a sort of romanticized "Bonnie and Clyde" story, with a young man forced into a life of crime, and his girlfriend who wants to help him "go straight", but is it too late?) starring Cathy O'Donnell ("Keechie: A tender heart in a tough world. All a girl can do to help the boy she loves.... Keechie does!"), Farley Granger ("Bowie: Just a kid... who's seen too much of the crooked side of life... not enough of the straight!"), Howard da Silva ("Chicamaw: He's a guy you can trust... to knife you in the back when he gets sore!"), Jay C. Flippen ("T-Dub: Knows but one law... his own! Has but one weapon... a gun!"), William Phipps, Ian Wolfe, Helen Craig (as Mattie Mansfield), and Will Wright (as Mobley)
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Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: good to very good. The poster had small paper loss at the bottom crossfold and tiny paper loss at the other two crossfolds. It had minor wear on the folds, with pinholes, smudges, and a few stains around the edges. Overall, the poster was in good to very good condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was pretty well backed, but you can see signs of the above defects and the restoration of the above defects.
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