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Auction History Result 4d0400 THIEF OF BAGDAD linen 1/2sh 1940 John Justin, June Duprez, art of Veidt on pegasus, very rare! Date Sold 4/16/2023 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked Half-Sheet Movie Poster (1/2sh; measures 22" x 28" [56 x 71 cm]) (Learn More) The Thief of Bagdad, the classic 1940 Ludwig Berger, Michael Powell & Tim Whelan English Arabia Iraq romantic love triangle magic adventure fantasy thriller ("Thrill to the marvel picture of the year!"; "Three brave hearts... adventuring in a wonder world"; "Adventure of the masked men!"; "Adventure of the wonderful web!"; "Adventure of the all-seeing eye!"; "Never before such a screen thrill! ...two years to film, a fortune to produce... Alexander Korda's greatest achievement!"; "One thousand and one sights from the thousand of one nights...."; "Sir Alexander Korda's masterpiece of fantasy and adventure."; "Gigantic! The wonder picture of all time!"; "He fought the world to hold her loveliness within his daring arms!"; "The adventure of the masked magician!"; "The adventure of the all-seeing eye!"; "The adventure of the wonderful web!"; "In magic Technicolor!"; "produced in England and the U.S. by Alexander Korda with wondrous special effects by Lawrence W. Butler and Tom Howard, and great art direction by William Cameron Menzies") starring Conrad Veidt (memorable as Jaffar), Sabu Dastagir ("Sabu, famous star of screen hits 'Elephant Boy' and 'Drums' as the daring Thief of Baghdad... living, fighting, adventuring in a magic world!"; billed as "Sabu", as he was in all his movies; as Abu the thief, son of Abu the thief, grandson of Abu the thief, etc.!), June Duprez (as the princess), John Justin (as Ahmad), Rex Ingram (sensational as The Genie!), Mary Morris (as Halima, the animated statue!), Miles Malleson (as the Sultan of Basra), Morton Selten (as the old king), and Allan Jeayes (as the narrator). Note that this movie featured sensational "special effects" for its day, and had several wonderful sequences that looked like they required the building of massive sets, yet in most cases, matte paintings created the illusion of those massive sets! 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 NEVER before auctioned this 1940 first release half-sheet (and we have only auctioned one example of the 1947 re-release half-sheet, which has a very similar image)! ANY first release U.S. posters from this classic movie are extremely rare (we have only previously auctioned one-sheets and window cards, and they have very different images from this half-sheet)! What IS linenbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: good to very good. The poster had tiny paper loss at the crossfold and creases, scuffs, and tiny bits of paper loss on both folds, and some pinholes, tears, and 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. 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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