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Auction History Result 4g073 CAUGHT linen 1sh '49 James Mason in his 1st U.S. movie, Barbara Bel Geddes & Robert Ryan! Date Sold 12/3/2013 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) Caught, the 1949 Max Ophuls romantic love triangle melodrama ("The Story of a Desperate Woman!"; "The Story of a Desperate Girl."; "A new MGM hit!"; "From the novel 'Wild Calendar' by Libbie Black"; a loose fictionalized version of Howard Hughes' life at the time; a wealthy but crazy man marries a beautiful model and then becomes obsessed with her, keeping her away from the rest of the world; she manages to take a job with a doctor, and she falls in love with him, but her husband gets her back for a while) starring James Mason ("In his first American motion picture"), Barbara Bel Geddes, Robert Ryan, Curt Bois, Art Smith, Natalie Schafer, and Frank Ferguson. Note that Mason was originally slated for the villain's role, but he had been a bad guy in so many of his British films, he successfully lobbied to be the protagonist in his first U.S. film. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: very good. The poster had tears and tiny paper loss at the top crossfold and tiny paper loss at the other two crossfolds. There were some tiny bits of surface paper loss on parts of some foldlines. 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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