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Auction History Result 9m0828 WHISTLER linen 1sh 1944 Richard Dix, radio's master of mystery now on the screen, very rare! Date Sold 8/8/2021 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 27" x 41" [69 x 104 cm]) (Learn More) The Whistler, the 1944 William Castle murder mystery crime thriller ("When he whistles... someone dies!"; "Radio's master of mystery whistles a new tune of murder on the screen!"; "Suggested by the CBS Radio Program entitled 'The Whistler'"; "'I am the master of mystery! You cannot hide. You can never escape ...for wherever you go, I will walk beside you!' The Whistler"; "Radio's master of mystery... now on the screen!"; "Richard Dix shocks you senseless in The Whistler"; "Radio's master of mystery brings you the strangest thrill story the screen has ever told!"; "He made a terrifying deal... with death!"; "He tried to kill... without a weapon!"; "She was willing to give her life... to save the man she loved!"; "He knows every secret... he is the whistler!"; the first of eight in this popular series of movies) starring Richard Dix, Gloria Stuart, J. Carrol Naish, Alan Dinehart, Joan Woodbury, Charles Coleman, Otto Forrest (uncredited, in the title role as "The Whistler"), Byron Foulger, and Clancy Cooper. Note that in this movie, "The Whistler" a man who narrated what occurred, but was never seen, like a Greek chorus, a device that was carried over from the radio show, and was used in the subsequent movies, and Otto Forrest provided than unseen voice in each of the movies. 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 we have only previously auctioned two examples of this poster! What IS linenbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: very good. The poster had tiny paper loss at the crossfolds and a few tiny bits of paper loss on parts of the folds. Overall, the poster was in very good condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was nicely backed, and displays well! Note that either the restorer who mounted the poster did not leave any excess linen around the edges of the poster, or possibly the owner of the poster chose to carefully trim off the excess, so that the poster would fit in a frame. Learn More about condition grades 
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