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Auction History Result #091 CLEOPATRA style #1 WC '64 Liz Taylor Date Sold 4/23/2002Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. Original Vintage Theatrical Window Card Movie Poster (measures 14" x 22") (Learn More) Joseph Mankiewicz's Cleopatra, the 1963 (while it was in limited released in the U.S. in 1963, it did not go into general release in the U.S. until 1964, so the posters all have 1964 dating on them) Joseph L. Mankiewicz English/Swiss/U.S. Egypt historical romantic pseudo-biography epic ("The No1 of all time"; "See Cleopatra triumphant entry into Rome!"; "See the thrilling battle of Actium!"; "See the brutal assassination of Caesar!"; "See the love affairs that destroyed an empire!"; "See the victorious Roman army occupy Cleopatra's Empire"; nominated for the Best Picture Academy Award; based on the novel by Carlo Mario Franzero) starring Elizabeth Taylor (in the title role as Cleopatra), Richard Burton ("as Mark Antony"), Rex Harrison (nominated for the Best Actor Academy Award for this film; "as Julius Caesar"), Pamela Brown, George Cole, Hume Cronyn, Cesare Danova, Kenneth Haigh (as Brutus), Roddy McDowall (as Octavian), Loris Loddi, and Francesca Annis. Note that this epic production created epic problems for 20th Century-Fox! Huge salaries and many production delays caused the budget for the movie to soar to then record heights, and it almost bankrupted the studio! Initially, Peter Finch was cast as Julius Caesar and Stephen Boyd as "Mark Antony", and this trade ad, which was released at the very start of production, has them billed under Elizabeth Taylor. But during filming in England, she became ill, and production had to be halted, since she was in virtually every scene of the movie. Director Rouben Mamoulian quit to work on another project, and so did Peter Finch and Stephen Boyd, who had to quit due to prior commitments for other movies, and they were of course replaced by Rex Harrison and Richard Burton. 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: In this case, the #1 in the title of this sale is not the style of the window card. In this case, the posters from this particular film did not have the styles printed on them, but because we are selling more than one poster from this film this week as separate eBay sales, we needed to differentiate between the sales, and we did so by marking them "#1 and #2. It is really odd that they made two different styles of window cards, and yet they look so much alike! The main difference is that Rex Harrison is on one and not on the other. Perhaps he saw the version without him and demanded to be included! Condition: very good. There is a horizontal scuff mark in the red background area 1/2" above the stars images. There are minor creases in the top and bottom blank edges of the card. Other than these minor defects, the card is in excellent condition. Learn More about condition grades 
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