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Auction History Result 7b967 WHISTLER 1sh 1944 Richard Dix hunts a killer who whistles before he kills, ultra rare! Date Sold 5/30/2017 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) The Whistler, the 1944 William Castle murder mystery crime thriller ("When he whistles... someone dies!"; "Radio's master of mystery whistles a new tune of murder on the screen!"; "Suggested by the CBS Radio Program entitled 'The Whistler'"; "'I am the master of mystery! You cannot hide. You can never escape ...for wherever you go, I will walk beside you!' The Whistler"; "Radio's master of mystery... now on the screen!"; "Richard Dix shocks you senseless in The Whistler"; "Radio's master of mystery brings you the strangest thrill story the screen has ever told!"; "He made a terrifying deal... with death!"; "He tried to kill... without a weapon!"; "She was willing to give her life... to save the man she loved!"; "He knows every secret... he is the whistler!"; the first of eight in this popular series of movies) starring Richard Dix, Gloria Stuart, J. Carrol Naish, Alan Dinehart, Joan Woodbury, Charles Coleman, Otto Forrest (uncredited, in the title role as "The Whistler"), Byron Foulger, and Clancy Cooper. Note that in this movie, "The Whistler" a man who narrated what occurred, but was never seen, like a Greek chorus, a device that was carried over from the radio show, and was used in the subsequent movies, and Otto Forrest provided than unseen voice in each of the movies. 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, for unknown reasons, first release movie paper from this first movie in this crime series is extremely rare. We have never auctioned this one-sheet before! Condition: very good. There is 1/2" of separation at the top two crossfolds and 1" of separation at the bottom crossfold. There are four evenly spaced tiny tears in the vertical fold, including one in Dix's chin, just below his lip. There are a few tiny pinholes and some creases around the edges, with small paper loss in the bottom blank border. There is a small tape repair on the back of the poster. Learn More about condition grades 
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