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Auction History Result 6h0266 GUN CRAZY 1/2sh 1950 Joseph H. Lewis noir classic, flaming life of bad Peggy Cummins, rare! Date Sold 4/14/2024 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Folded Half-Sheet Movie Poster (1/2sh; measures 22" x 28" [56 x 71 cm]) (Learn More) Gun Crazy, the 1950 Joseph H. Lewis bad girl crime film noir ("Thrill crazy... Kill crazy..."; "The Flaming Life of Laurie Starr [the lethal blonde]"; "...her violent loves! ...her vicious crimes! ...her wild escapes!"; "Notorious Laurie Starr! ...wanted in a dozen states... hunted by the F.B.I.!"; "She was more than any man could handle!"; "From The Saturday Evening Post Story by MacKinlay Kantor") starring Peggy Cummins, John Dall, Berry Kroeger, Russ Tamblyn, and Don Beddoe. Note that in 1949 Joseph H. Lewis had released this movie as "Deadly Is the Female". In 1950 he re-titled this movie "Gun Crazy" and gave it a full-scale release under that name. There are posters of all sizes and lobby cards for both titles (which is why we list them as two separate titles), and the "Gun Crazy" paper has never been called a "re-release" within the hobby, although technically it is. 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 we have previously auctioned three examples of this style half-sheet from this movie, and the last one sold for $1,600! We are also auctioning an example of the ultra rare other style (which we have never before auctioned) in a separate auction. Note that this poster was folded at one time but because it has been laying flat for a long time our intention is to send it rolled in a tube. However, because we are certain it would not harm it to re-fold it (because the folds are still there and have not diminished), we can also re-fold it if the buyer needs it to be shipped with folded items. Condition: good. There are some tiny creases along the folds and creases and tiny pinholes around the edges. There are some faint vertical creases scattered throughout the the poster, with an extra partial vertical fold 1/2" to the right of the regular vertical fold. There is tiny paper loss in the red area above the A of "Escapes" at lower-left. There is an uneven tear in the left of the bottom border that extends into the arm of the image of Cummins at left and the foot of the Cummins at center. Someone put tape on the front of that tear and it has yellowed. There is a small piece of tape on the back of the lower right border that has darkened, and there are some pieces of white paper tape over parts of the front of the borders, including all of the bottom border. This very rare poster can certainly be displayed and enjoyed just as it is, or one could have restoration performed (and it is fortunate that most of it is in the borders). Learn More about condition grades 
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