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Auction History Result 8f1065 SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS 1sh 1961 Natalie Wood kissing Beatty, directed by Elia Kazan, rare! Date Sold 4/13/2021 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Folded One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 27" x 41" [69 x 104 cm]) (Learn More) Splendor in the Grass, the classic 1961 Elia Kazan mental illness first love romantic melodrama ("Whether you live in a small town the way they do, or in a city, maybe this is happening to you right now... Maybe [if you're older] you remember... When suddenly the kissing isn't a kid's game anymore, suddenly it's wide-eyed scary and dangerous."; "The first play especially written for the screen by William Inge"; "No one under 16 will be admitted unless accompanied by an adult."; "There is a miracle in being young ...and a fear. The strange splendor of those years when you're finding your way... And love is suddenly more than just holding hands..."; "Alone, unheard, unheeded, a young boy, a young girl, drowning in love..."; "Most pictures end in a theatre. This picture ends late at night in your heart."; "Warner Bros. proudly presents Elia Kazan's production of William Inge's first play especially for the screen!"; "Written by William Inge"; about a girl who can't be with her true love due to a variety of circumstances, including the 1929 stock market crash, and who subsequently spends time in a mental institution) starring Natalie Wood (nominated for the Best Actress Academy Award for this film), Pat Hingle, Audrey Christie, Warren Beatty (billed as "introducing Warren Beatty in his very first picture -- a very special star!"), Barbara Loden, Charles Robinson, Zohra Lampert, Sandy Dennis, and William Inge 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 is an extremely rare poster. We have only auctioned two in all our years of auctioning and the last time was in 2011. There is somewhat of a mystery about it. It lacks NSS information at lower right unlike the "regular" poster that we have auctioned much more frequently, but it has much of the same information including the warning "No one under 16 will be admitted unless accompanied by an adult." which we would not expect from a poster printed for use in foreign countries. If anyone knows more about this poster, please e-mail us and we will post it here. Also, like several other posters for this movie, the image of the embracing couple is actually from the 1954 film The Barefoot Contessa starring Humphrey Bogart & Ava Gardner! Posters for that movie show the couple standing, while on Splendor in the Grass posters, it has been turned horizontal to make it more "provocative". Condition: good. The poster has a slightly rippled appearance with some tiny bits of slight discoloration scattered in some areas. It has darkened and it was folded in half an extra time resulting in a light vertical foldline at left and right. There are a few tiny creases and tears along the lower horizontal fold and in a few other areas of the folds, but fortunately the rare poster is otherwise "all there: and after proper restoration the poster will display well (but of course bear in mind the rare poster's condition and the cost of restoration before bidding on it.) Learn More about condition grades 
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