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Auction History Result

4j046 STRANGER ON THE THIRD FLOOR 1/2sh '40 McGuire thinks Cook killed the man Peter Lorre killed!

Date Sold 12/8/2013
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An Original Vintage Theatrical Paperbacked Style A Half-Sheet Movie Poster (1/2sh; measures 22" x 28" [56 x 71 cm]) (Learn More)

Stranger on the Third Floor, the 1940 Boris Ingster murder mystery crime film noir (about a newspaper reporter who is the sole witness to a murder, and his testimony convicts a man of that crime, but he becomes doubtful as to whether he is 100% sure that he identified the right man!) starring Peter Lorre, John McGuire, Margaret Tallichet, Charles Waldron, Elisha Cook Jr., and Charles Halton. Note that the man falsely convicted of murder is played by Elisha Cook Jr., and that Peter Lorre, who is the real murderer, does not give his first line of dialog until 10 minutes before the end of the movie, and yet he received top billing! Also note that this was clearly one of the first film noir movies, and yet it is rarely mentioned, even though it is an excellent movie, and of great historical significance!
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Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: good to very good. Prior to paperbacking, the poster was never folded. It had a 12" horizontal tear starting in the upper left border and running across Cook's mouth and into the background beneath the words "ON THE". There was an 8" tear in the right border running below Lorre's eye and across the bridge of his nose, and above his other eye, and ending at the top of the woman's hair. There were many creases and scuffs scattered in the rest of the image. There were some tears and tiny paper loss around the edges of the poster. Overall, the poster was in good condition prior to paperbacking. The poster was pretty well backed, but you can see signs of the above defects and the restoration of the above defects (see our image).
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