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Auction History Result 7z458 KEY style B 1/2sh '58 Carol Reed, close up kiss art of William Holden & sexy Sophia Loren! Date Sold 12/21/2010 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Folded Style B Half-Sheet Movie Poster (1/2sh; measures 22" x 28" [56 x 71 cm]) (Learn More) The Key, the 1958 Carol Reed English/U.S. World War II (WWII) Navy Naval military romantic melodrama ("...with this key I thee wed..."; "Now his world had shivered down to the war... the woman... and the key..."; "The door opened into a haven from hell... And the girl came with the key."; "He had the life expectancy of a match..."; "He was the skipper of an unarmed seagoing tug assigned to bring damaged ships back through the U-Boat-swarming waters of The Western Approaches to Hell. His was the War at its deadliest... Each day he prepared himself to die... But at night he took the key and locked death and danger out... Nightly he took Stella in his arms and locked out the memory of the men who had found in her the same haven in Hell before him... He even locked out the shadow of the man who was waiting for 'THE KEY'"; "Based on the novel 'Stella' by Jan De Hartog"; "Written for the screen and produced by Carl Foreman"; a VERY unusual movie about British tugboat captains in World War II; one of them suspects he is about to die in battle, and he gives another captain a key to his apartment, and when the man dies and his friend goes to the apartment, he discovers a beautiful woman living there, who he has also "inherited"; he then passes on the apartment and the woman to two more captains!) starring William Holden, Sophia Loren, Trevor Howard, Kieron Moore, Bernard Lee, Bryan Forbes, Beatrix Lehmann, Noel Purcell, and Oscar Homolka. This is a completely forgotten movie from legendary director Carol Reed, and it deserves to be rediscovered! 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 poster was folded at one time but has been laying flat for a long time and will be sent rolled in a tube. Condition: good to very good. There is a blank snipe in the credits at lower left. Actor Carl Mohner originally was in the movie, but his scenes were deleted just prior to release. Since the posters had already been printed, someone taped over Mr. Mohner's credit on each poster and lobby card, one by one! There are some creases, smudges, and scuffs scattered throughout the poster. Learn More about condition grades 
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