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Auction History Result 8r343 WEST SIDE STORY style Z 40x60 '61 Academy Award winning classic musical, wonderful art! Date Sold 3/1/2012 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Unfolded Style Z Forty by Sixty Movie Poster (40x60; measures 40" x 60" [102 x 152 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! Also note that this poster IS the very rare pre-awards 40x60 poster (we have only seen this poster once before)! Condition: good to very good. There are creases, smudges, and scuffs throughout the poster (typical of 40x60 posters) and there are pairs of staple holes scattered throughout with some torn from rough removal and repaired with tape from the back and one in the credits at upper right that has been touched up with paint from the front. The poster is otherwise in generally nice condition and if one chose to have it restored it would look great! Learn More about condition grades 
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