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Auction History Result 5r0847 SAINT JOAN 1sh 1957 Joan of Arc, directed by Otto Preminger, wonderful Saul Bass art! Date Sold 12/21/2023 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Laminated One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 27" x 41" [69 x 104 cm]) (Learn More) Bernard Shaw's Saint Joan, the 1957 Otto Preminger historical English/U.S. France biographical melodrama ("For the first time on the screen Otto Preminger presents Bernard Shaw's Saint Joan"; "Screenplay by Graham Greene"; based on the life of the famous French heroine Joan D'Arc, or Joan of Arc as she is also known; adapted from the play by George Bernard Shaw, with a screenplay by Graham Greene) starring Richard Widmark, Richard Todd, Anton Walbrook, John Gielgud, Jean Seberg (in the title role as St. Joan of Arc; in her very first movie role!), Felix Aylmer, Harry Andrews, Barry Jones Finlay Currie, Bernard Miles, Patrick Barr, Kenneth Haigh, Archie Duncan, Margot Grahame, Francis de Wolff, Victor Maddern, David Oxley, Sydney Bromley, and David Langton. Note that director Otto Preminger conducted a major search for the lead actress for this movie, and Jean Seberg was finally selected, and she was only 17 when she won, but was 18 when the movie was filmed! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Artist: Saul Bass Important Added Info: Note that this poster has something VERY UNUSUAL about it. What is that? The person who owned it had a home movie theater, and they had a large collection of one-sheets, and they would display them when they showed the movie, and they needed a way to protect the posters while they were being handled, and keep them from being damaged while on display. He came up with a solution that we have not seen before. He had a thin sheet of laminate plastic placed over the BACK of each one-sheet, BUT NOT ON THE FRONT (as is normally done when laminating the poster). If you have ever seen "laminated" posters, they are often covered with very thick plastic material on both sides. THE LAMINATE PLASTIC USED HERE IS A THIN MATERIAL. While we have never seen this before, it actually works well! The front of the poster is no different then it was, but the plastic on the back greatly helps protect the poster from tears or other defects (this is the same principle that was used decades ago when they would kraftback posters moving from theater to theater, and as with kraftbacking, the posters with this laminate plastic on the back CAN be folded as normal, as this poster was). WE DON'T KNOW HOW EASY OR HARD IT WOULD BE TO REMOVE THE PLASTIC FROM THE BACK (although there are a few where the plastic is separating, indicating it surely CAN be done), but the buyer of this poster will have two options. They can either keep the poster exactly as is, and if they display it, no one will even know about the plastic laminate on the back, or they can have a restorer remove it. Either way, DO NOT BID ON THIS POSTER UNLESS YOU CAN ACCEPT THAT IT HAS THIS ON THE BACK (but NOT on the front). Condition: fair to good. The poster has laminate plastic on the back only (see above: but NOT on the front). There is a snipe still glued to the poster at upper left. There is approximately 4" of separation at the left edge of the center horizontal fold. Learn More about condition grades 
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