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Auction History Result 1h1220 MISFITS linen int'l 1sh 1961 completely different image of Marilyn, Gable & Clift, ultra rare! Date Sold 12/26/2021 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked International One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 27" x 41" [69 x 104 cm]) (Learn More) The Misfits, the 1961 John Huston modern-day romantic cowboy western ("It shouts and sings with life... explodes with love!"; "Never again will the screen hold such excitement!"; "The world's greatest photographers shoot 'the Misfits'!"; with a screenplay by Arthur Miller) starring Clark Gable (in his last film), Marilyn Monroe (in her last completed film), Montgomery Clift, Thelma Ritter, Eli Wallach, and James Barton (in his last film). Note that Arthur Miller was at the time married to Monroe, but the marriage fell apart during filming. He began to see Inge Morath, a photographer documenting production of this film, and she later became his third and final wife. Also note that Clark Gable went on a crash diet before production started, losing 35 pounds. His health was already precarious, and he hated working with Marilyn Monroe, who could not remember her lines and did not show up on time, which aggravated his condition, and he suffered from a coronary thrombosis the day after shooting finished, dying ten days later. He was 59. 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 we can't say for certain, but we believe this poster is an "international" style one-sheet (meaning it was printed in the U.S. for use in non-U.S. countries). It has a completely different design from any other poster for this movie, and the "regular" one-sheet is black & white, while this poster is full-color. We have only previously auctioned one example of this poster, and that was 5 years ago, when it sold for $3,600, and it has taken five years for a second example to surface, even though it sold for such a high price! And we say "second example", although that poster was not backed, and this one is, so it is possible that this is that very same poster, just having been linenbacked. It has a 1961 copyright and a 1961 litho number, so we know it to definitely be from the first release. It also has a tiny printer logo in the bottom right corner from a Cleveland printer. This certainly is likely the absolute most rare Marilyn Monroe poster, and we wish we knew who created the image, because it is very unusual and striking! What IS linenbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: good to very good. The poster had tiny paper loss at the crossfolds and creases, tiny tears, and tiny paper loss along parts of several folds, with some creases, smudges, and scuffs in non-fold areas, more so in the solid colored areas. It had pinholes around the edges. Overall, the poster was in good condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was pretty well backed, but you can see signs of the above defects and the restoration of the above defects. Learn More about condition grades 
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