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Auction History Result 6g400 SUMMERTIME paper banner 1955 Katharine Hepburn went to Venice a tourist & came home a woman! Date Sold 5/10/2018 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Paper Banner (measures 24" x 82" [61 x 208 cm]) (Learn More) Summertime (released in Japan as "David Lean's Summertime"), the 1955 David Lean (nominated for the Best Director Academy Award for this film) English/U.S. Venice Italy romantic melodrama ("Suddenly it seemed as if all the fireworks in Venice were exploding! Between sunset and dawn... in the world's most fabulous city... a dream of love becomes a reality!"; "Hepburn... As you've never seen her!"; "Venice... As you've never seen it!"; "Here is the great Hepburn at her greatest - as a girl who comes to Venice a tourist - and goes home a woman! Here, captured for the first time, are the web-flung canals and unbelievable splendors of the world's most fabulous city! ...What '3 Coins In The Fountain' did for Rome - 'Summertime' does for Venice!"; "All the pent-up yearning of her life was finally fulfilled... Amid the splendor of the world's most fabulous city!"; "She came to Venice a Tourist -And went Home a Woman!"; "It happened to Hepburn... as the woman who hungers all her life for the one love - and finally, in Venice, she finds it!"; "It happens in Venice... The world's most fabulous city as you've never seen it - from its web flung canals to its colorful piazzas!"; "It happens in 'Summertime'.... The best time of all!"; "Filmed on location in Venice, Italy"; "Based on Arthur Laurents' 'The Time of the Cuckoo,' produced on the Broadway stage by Robert Whitehead and Walter Fried") starring Katharine Hepburn (nominated for the Best Actress Academy Award for this film), Rossano Brazzi, Darren McGavin, Isa Miranda, and Mari Aldon 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 photo on this paper banner was printed on a separate sheet and then attached to that area of the banner (see our image - this was commonly done with paper banners, and some 30x40s and 40x60s of this period). This is how the poster was created. Condition: good. The poster has varying amounts of creases, smudges and scuff marks scattered throughout, typical of paper banners of this time period that were likely theater-used. There is a very large tear at upper center that has been repaired with tape from the back. Please see our super-sized image to get a good sense of the condition of this item 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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