eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 4t0481 HIGH WALL Aust daybill 1948 film noir art of Robert Taylor & Audrey Totter, ultra rare! Date Sold 8/1/2023Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Folded Australian Daybill Movie Poster (db; measures 13 1/4" x 30" [34 x 76 cm]) (Learn More) High Wall, the 1948 Curtis Bernhardt romantic murder crime film noir ("So Tense! So Taut! It closes in on you like a high wall!"; "Suggested by a story and play by Alan R. Clark and Bradbury Foote"; an unusual story of a World War II veteran who had a brain injury during the war, which causes him blackouts, and he is found with his murdered wife, and he is convicted of killing her, but is sent to a mental hospital, and there he meets a beautiful psychiatrist who not only falls in love with him, but who decides he did not commit the murder, so she sets out to prove him innocent) starring Robert Taylor ("Tough"), Audrey Totter ("Tempting"), Herbert Marshall, Dorothy Patrick, H.B. Warner, and Warner Anderson. Note that in this movie, Robert Taylor (like other actors like Fred MacMurray and Dick Powell) reinvented himself as a noir hero! 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 daybill. We have only auctioned one in all our years of auctioning and that was 20 years ago! Condition: fair to good. The poster has discoloration and deterioration and paper loss at upper left (see our image). The rest of the art is generally in pretty nice condition but see our super-sized image to get a good sense of the condition of this very rare daybill prior to placing a bid and please do not bid unless you can accept the defects described above, or you are willing to pay to have them properly restored. Learn More about condition grades
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