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Auction History Result 1a043 OKLAHOMA six-sheet movie poster '56 Gordon MacRae, Shirley Jones, Rodgers & Hammerstein! Date Sold 6/17/2008 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Folded Six-Sheet Movie Poster (6sh; measures 81" x 81") (Learn More) Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma!, the classic 1956 Fred Zinnemann romantic cowboy western musical ("The motion picture that ran for a year on Broadway at $3.50! - complete - intact - with every scene, every song! Now at popular prices!"; "Now you can see it at popular prices!"; "Now everyone can see it at popular prices!"; "Complete-Intact with every scene, every song of the motion picture that ran a year on Broadway!"; "Complete - intact - with every scene, every song of the motion picture that ran a year on Broadway at $3.50!"; "IT'S HERE! The best-loved Musical Romance of our time!"; "A breath-taking motion picture as big as all outdoors!"; "It's here at popular prices!"; "Music by Richard Rodgers"; "Book and Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II"; "Dances staged by Agnes DeMille") starring Gordon MacRae (as Curly), Gloria Grahame (as Ado Annie), Shirley Jones (as Laurey), Gene Nelson (as Will Parker), Charlotte Greenwood (Aunt Eller), Eddie Albert ( as Ali Hakim), James Whitmore (as Mr. Carnes), Rod Steiger (as Jud Fry), James Mitchell, and Bambi Lynn (Mitchell and Lynn played the "dream" Curly and Laurey in the dream dance sequence). Note that 20th Century Fox distributed this movie in the U.S., but sold the distribution rights to RKO for it's international release. Movie paper from either studio that is dated "1956" on this title are both from the original release. 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 "international" style six-sheet (meaning it was printed in the U.S. for use in non-U.S. countries). Note the lack of a NSS information. Note that this classic movie was distributed in 1956, by two different studios, 20th Century Fox and RKO. This had something to do with the rights to the movie, and how it was distributed (it seems quite likely that 20th Century Fox did the U.S. distribution, and RKO did the international distribution. Most collectors treat both releases as first release. This six-sheet was printed in 4 sections. Condition: very good to fine. There are many creases and several tears along the foldlines that were on the outside when the poster was fully folded. There are some creases, smudges, and tiny tears on some foldlines, and some tiny paper loss at some crossfolds. Learn More about condition grades 
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