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Auction History Result #6944 HORROR OF DRACULA 1/2sh '58 Hammer Date Sold 2/4/2003Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. Original Vintage Theatrical Unfolded Half-Sheet Movie Poster (measures 22" x 28") (Learn More) Dracula (released in the U.S. as "Horror of Dracula" and "Dracula 1958"), the classic 1958 Terence Fisher English Hammer vampire horror thriller ("The chill of the tomb won't leave your blood for hours... After you come face-to-face with Dracula !"; "Who will be his bride tonight?"; "The terrifying lover who died... Yet lived!"; "The chill of the tomb won't leave your blood for hours... after you come face-to-face with Dracula !"; "Don't dare see it... alone!"; "All New! In Brilliant Technicolor!"; "Screenplay by Jimmy Sangster"; "From the novel by Bram Stoker") starring Peter Cushing (as Doctor Van Helsing), Michael Gough, Melissa Stribling, Carol Marsh, Christopher Lee (in the title role "as Dracula"), John Van Eyssen, Valerie Gaunt, and Janina Faye. Note that this was the very first of the Hammer Dracula movies! Given how popular they are today, it seems surprising that it took two years to make a sequel (The Brides of Dracula in 1960), and even more surprising that Christopher Lee did not reprise his role (David Peel took over in this one). To be fair, Christopher Lee had played Sherlock Holmes in the interim, and that was probably more interesting to him. Hammer and he didn't return to Dracula until 1966 with Dracula: Prince of Darkness, and there were five more Dracula Hammer movies between 1968 and 1972! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Condition: very good. Note that this poster has never been folded! Most half-sheet posters were folded twice (once horizontally and once vertically) right off of the printing press. It is very difficult to find an unfolded copy of most half-sheets, especially from before 1970! light smudges, minor creases, and scuffs throughout the poster; creases and a 1/2" tear in the lower right corner; 1 1/2" tear in upper left border that slightly extends into the green background; 1/2" tear in the lower right blank border; minor creases in the blank borders around the edges of the poster; While this poster has a lot of very minor defects, they are almost all only in the edges of the poster. The image area is in quite nice condition and the poster is unfolded! I would think most collectors would be very happy with this poster (and of course and good restorer could repair its minor defects and it would look wonderful!). Learn More about condition grades 
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