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Auction History Result 1s026 REAR WINDOW linen style A 1/2sh '54 Alfred Hitchcock, art of Jimmy Stewart & Grace Kelly! Date Sold 9/14/2014 Sold 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) Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window, the classic 1954 Alfred Hitchcock (nominated for the Best Director Academy Award for this film) thriller ("The master of suspense brings you his masterpiece!"; "Based on the short story by Cornell Woolrich"; "Screenplay by John Michael Hayes"; about a man who breaks his leg and is forced to stay at his home until he's better; during this time he observes his neighbors and does some voyeuristic detective work) starring James Stewart (Jimmy Stewart; as Jeff), Grace Kelly (as Lisa), Wendell Corey (as Detective Lt. Doyle), Thelma Ritter (as Stella), Raymond Burr (as Lars Thorwald), Judith Evelyn (as Miss Lonelyhearts), Georgine Darcy (as Miss Torso), Jesslyn Fax (as Miss Hearing Aid), Rand Harper, Havis Davenport (Harper and Davenport played the "newlyweds"), and Ross Bagdasarian (as the "Songwriter"). Note that Raymond Burr had appeared in movies for seven years before this, but always had minor roles, usually playing the "heavy". It would be three more years before his big break in 1957, when he became TV's "Perry Mason"! 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 style A half-sheet shows the courtyard, but it also shows Stewart peeping with his binoculars and Grace Kelly behind him (the style B half-sheet only shows the courtyard!). Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: good to very good. The poster had creases, scuffs, and fine surface paper loss on the foldlines and tears around the edges, a few of which entered the image. There were tiny pinholes in the corners. 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. While, I think that most collectors could still happily display this great poster on their wall (the defects are not very distracting, and serve to show that this is a 60 year-old vintage poster), certainly, additional restoration could be performed, with or without re-backing the poster, if the new owner chose to do so. Learn More about condition grades 
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