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Auction History Result 6h0925 O.S.S. linen 1sh 1946 close up of Alan Ladd with machine gun & with Geraldine Fitzgerald! Date Sold 4/14/2024 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 26 1/2" x 41" [67 x 104 cm]) (Learn More) O.S.S., the 1946 Irving Pichel World War II (WWII) military spy espionage adventure thriller ("The Screen's Most Thrilling Adventure!"; "Paramount's sensational scoop") starring Alan Ladd ("Never lived so desperately...."), Geraldine Fitzgerald ("Never loved so dangerously!"), Patric Knowles, John Hoyt, Gloria Saunders, Patrick McVey, James Westerfiel, and Richard Benedict. Note that O.S.S. stood for "Office of Strategic Services", which was the U.S.'s spy organization overseas during World War II. After the war, it became the "C.I.A.", the "Central Intelligence Agency". 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 this poster has been trimmed and it now measures 26 1/2" x 41" [67 x 104 cm]. What IS linenbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: good. The poster had tiny paper loss at the crossfolds and some fine surface paper loss on parts of the folds, with tears and paper loss in the right half of the middle fold. It had pinholes and tape stains around the edges. Overall, the poster was in good condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was pretty well backed, but you can clearly 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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