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Auction History Result 2z043 THIRD MAN linen German '50 different art of Cotten & Welles in doorway with shadow! Date Sold 5/4/2010 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original 1950 (from the first release of this movie in Germany) Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked German "A1" Movie Poster (measures 23" x 33" [58 x 84 cm]) (Learn More) The Third Man (also released as "The 3rd Man"), the classic 1949 Carol Reed (nominated for the Best Director Academy Award for this film) English Vienna Austria crime film noir murder mystery mistaken identity thriller ("Cats loved him... And so did Women!"; "What a chase he led them!"; "He'll put you in a dither with his Zither"; based on a story "by Graham Greene"; "Hunted by men... Sought by women!"; "Presented by Alexander Korda and David O. Selznick"; about a man going to visit his old friend in post-War Vienna, and when he gets there, he discovers that the friend is dead, or is he?) starring Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli (billed as "Valli"), Orson Welles (even though Welles only appears in a small portion of the movie, he dominates it!), Trevor Howard, Bernard Lee, Paul Horbiger, and Hedwig Bleibtreu. Note that the musical score for this movie was by Austrian zither musician Anton Karas, and it was so memorable that they even made a tagline about it ("He'll put you in a dither with his Zither"). Also note that this was intended to be the first of several movies with producers David Selznick and Alexander Korda, but the men clashed frequently during the making of the movie, and they never worked together again. Also note that Orson Welles clashed with director Carol Reed, and reportedly, he wrote much of his character's dialog in the movie, and made other contributions to the script that likely drove Reed crazy! 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 the poster has an artist's signature on it, but we cannot make it out in the slightest. If anyone knows the name of this artist, please e-mail us and we will post it here. Condition: good. The poster had tiny paper loss at the crossfolds and creases, tiny tears, and separation on parts of most foldlines. The left blank border was entirely trimmed off and the other three borders were folded over. There were pinholes, smudges, stains, and tears around the edges of the poster, with some tears and tiny areas of paper loss scattered down the left 2" of the image. Overall, the poster was in good condition prior to linenbacking. It was backed by a not very talented restorer, who did a small amount of amateur restoration to some of the above defects. If I owned this really cool poster, I would surely have it removed from the old backing and properly re-backed, and afterwards, it would look great, but it would have a fair amount of restoration on the foldlines and around the edges. Learn More about condition grades 
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