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Auction History Result 9y228 THIS GUN FOR HIRE linen 1sh R45 different art of top-billed Alan Ladd & sexy Veronica Lake! Date Sold 9/1/2015 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. A 1945 Re-Release Theatrical Linenbacked Style A One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 27" x 41" [69 x 104 cm]) (Learn More) This Gun For Hire, the classic 1942 Frank Tuttle spy espionage counterfeiting murder crime film noir ("Killer without a conscience! Lover without a heart?"; "Based on the novel by Graham Greene") starring Veronica Lake (as a magician who does card tricks!), Robert Preston, Laird Cregar, Alan Ladd, Tully Marshall, Mikhail Rasumny, Marc Lawrence, Pamela Blake, Emmett Vogan, and Victor Kilian. Note that Alan Ladd was fourth billed in this movie (he had been in movies for several years, including in Citizen Kane, but he had mostly tiny roles), but this movie made him a major star. It is incredibly fortunate that the U.S. poster artist chose to feature only fourth-billed Ladd and first-billed Lake on the one-sheet, making it one of the most desirable U.S. posters! 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: How many among us can afford the zillion dollar original 1942 one-sheet from this film noir classic? Not very many people, but this 1945 re-release has really cool art that is likely by the same artist who did the 1942 poster, but it is completely different from that poster (and it is interesting to note that Alan Ladd has moved from 4th billed to top billed in just three short years!). What IS linenbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: very good. The entire poster had darkened slightly. The poster had tiny paper loss at the crossfolds and tiny tears and tiny bits of paper loss in the vertical fold between the top and bottom crossfolds, with a lesser amount of wear on the other folds. There were some tears and tiny bits of paper loss in the blank borders. Overall, the poster was in very good condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was nicely backed, and displays well! Learn More about condition grades 
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