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Auction History Result 6j0114 HORROR OF DRACULA linen 1sh 1958 Hammer vampire, Joseph Smith art of monster & sexy girl! Date Sold 11/10/2020 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 27" x 41" [69 x 104 cm]) (Learn More) Dracula (released in the U.S. as "Horror of Dracula" and "Dracula 1958"), the classic 1958 Terence Fisher English Hammer vampire horror thriller ("The chill of the tomb won't leave your blood for hours... After you come face-to-face with Dracula !"; "Who will be his bride tonight?"; "The terrifying lover who died... Yet lived!"; "The chill of the tomb won't leave your blood for hours... after you come face-to-face with Dracula !"; "Don't dare see it... alone!"; "All New! In Brilliant Technicolor!"; "Screenplay by Jimmy Sangster"; "From the novel by Bram Stoker") starring Peter Cushing (as Doctor Van Helsing), Michael Gough, Melissa Stribling, Carol Marsh, Christopher Lee (in the title role "as Dracula"), John Van Eyssen, Valerie Gaunt, and Janina Faye. Note that this was the very first of the Hammer Dracula movies! Given how popular they are today, it seems surprising that it took two years to make a sequel (The Brides of Dracula in 1960), and even more surprising that Christopher Lee did not reprise his role (David Peel took over in this one). To be fair, Christopher Lee had played Sherlock Holmes in the interim, and that was probably more interesting to him. Hammer and he didn't return to Dracula until 1966 with Dracula: Prince of Darkness, and there were five more Dracula Hammer movies between 1968 and 1972! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Artist: Joseph Smith Important Added Info: Note that this poster has been seen multiple times in two versions. They are completely identical to each other except that one has a blueish background and the other has a greenish background. Since I have been consigned both posters from theater owners who showed this movie on its first release, I think they simply printed both versions on its first release, and that they are both original release (but it is interesting to note that the three-sheets we have seen have a green background, and we have not seen one with a blue background, but of course, that does not necessarily mean anything). The poster offered here is the blue background version. What IS linenbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: good to very good. The poster had tiny paper loss at the crossfolds and pretty minor fold wear. It had writing on the back of the center of the poster that slightly bled through to the front in the light blue area between the girl's hand and Dracula's mouth, and slightly to the right of his collar. The top blank border had "MID NITE SHOW" written in that border. Overall, the poster was in good condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was pretty well backed, but you can see slight signs of the bleed-through in the light areas in the middle of the poster described above, and you can see signs of the lettering in the top blank border. One could still display and enjoy the poster, or one could have additional restoration performed, but please bear in mind the above before bidding on this poster. Learn More about condition grades 
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