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Auction History Result 4j728 WE WERE STRANGERS 3sh '49 Jennifer Jones & John Garfield with gun, directed by John Huston Date Sold 1/13/2015 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Folded Three-Sheet Movie Poster (3sh; measures 41" x 81" [104 x 206 cm]) (Learn More) John Huston's We Were Strangers, the 1949 John Huston Cuba revolutionary romantic crime melodrama ("Explosive in its emotional impact... it emerges as the most fascinating picture of the year!"; "An explosive story of violent lives... Lived dangerously!"; "China Valdes...a woman of violent hates and fierce love..."; "Tony Fenner...a tough guy with a conscience..."; about a Cuban revolutionary and the sister of an executed revolutionary who come together to try to kill top Cuban officials at a state funeral) starring Jennifer Jones (as China Valdes), John Garfield (as Tony Fenner), Pedro Armendariz, Gilbert Roland, Ramon Novarro, Wally Cassell, and David Bond. Note that this movie was very political, and it was unusual in that both the left wing of the United States and the right wing strongly criticized the movie, and it was a failure at the box office, and was withdrawn soon after its first release! 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 three-sheet was printed in 2 sections designed to overlap. Note that this item (and others we are auctioning in this set of auctions) come to us from the estate of Lee Sanders. Mr. Sanders was a nationally recognized projectionist, film poster collector, and union activist who passed away earlier this year, and the net proceeds from the sale of his varied and eclectic collection will be donated to promote film studies at the Besant School of Happy Valley in Ojai, Ca. Condition: good. The two sections of the poster were once taped together and there are tape stains in that area. There is some darkening on the back of the part of the poster that was on the outside when it was fully folded. There are some creases and several tears along the foldlines that were on the outside when the poster was fully folded. There are some creases, smudges, and tiny tears on some foldlines, and some tiny paper loss at some crossfolds. Learn More about condition grades 
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