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Auction History Result 1h1193 MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS linen 1sh 1942 Orson Welles Kane follow-up, Rockwell art, ultra rare! Date Sold 12/26/2021 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) Orson Welles' The Magnificent Ambersons, the 1942 Orson Welles historical family relationship romantic melodrama ("From the man who made 'The Best Picture of 1941'"; "'Keep away from my Mother... You're making her the Talk of the Town!'..."; "Orson Welles' Mercury Production of Booth Tarkington's Great Novel"; "The startling drama of a girl, wealthy and beautiful, who let pride break the heart of the man who adored her. A revealing challenge to every woman who thinks she can deny love!"; nominated for the Best Picture Academy Award; about the haughty heir of a wealthy family, and his comeuppance he receives over the course of his life) starring Joseph Cotten, Dolores Costello, Anne Baxter, Tim Holt, Agnes Moorehead (nominated for the Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for this film), Ray Collins, Erskine Sanford, and Richard Bennett. Note that many film buffs consider this movie to be similar in quality to "Citizen Kane" (made by Welles just prior to this movie), with the notable exception of the ending (the studio took the movie away from Welles, and substituted a ridiculous "happy" ending in place of Welles' somber one, and that new ending was not filmed by Welles; apparently, the original ending no longer exists, and finding it would be one of the greatest possible finds of "lost" film ever!) NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Artist: Norman Rockwell Important Added Info: Note that RKO hired legendary illustrator Norman Rockwell to draw the art for the one-sheet for this movie, which consisted of six portraits of the lead actors' heads, arranged in a semi-circle, which is ironic since Rockwell painted lots of wholesome American families, and the "Ambersons" were certainly not that, but perhaps they were intentionally trying to mislead audiences into thinking this was a far happier movie! This art was only used on the one-sheet, the style B half-sheet, the window card, and the style A 24-sheet (this movie had two 24-sheets!). Offered here is the very rare first release one-sheet, which we have only auctioned twice before, and those were 26 and 28 years ago, when they sold for $2,530 and $1,840! What IS linenbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: very good. The poster had tiny paper loss at the crossfolds and some tiny bits of paper loss scattered in small parts of some folds. The top 1 1/2" was trimmed off, and there were a few small tears and small areas of paper loss in the borders. Overall, the poster was in good to very good condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was nicely backed, and displays well! Learn More about condition grades 
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