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Auction History Result 8j921 THIS GUN FOR HIRE 8x9.75 still '42 best c/u of Alan Ladd holding gun on sexy Veronica Lake! Date Sold 2/21/2012 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical 8" x 9 3/4" [20 x 25 cm] Movie Still (Learn More) This Gun For Hire, the classic 1942 Frank Tuttle spy espionage counterfeiting murder crime film noir ("Killer without a conscience! Lover without a heart?"; "Based on the novel by Graham Greene") starring Veronica Lake (as a magician who does card tricks!), Robert Preston, Laird Cregar, Alan Ladd, Tully Marshall, Mikhail Rasumny, Marc Lawrence, Pamela Blake, Emmett Vogan, and Victor Kilian. Note that Alan Ladd was fourth billed in this movie (he had been in movies for several years, including in Citizen Kane, but he had mostly tiny roles), but this movie made him a major star. It is incredibly fortunate that the U.S. poster artist chose to feature only fourth-billed Ladd and first-billed Lake on the one-sheet, making it one of the most desirable U.S. posters! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that this still has been trimmed and it now measures 8" x 9 3/4" [20 x 25 cm]. Also note that this still appears in every way to be original U.S. release EXCEPT that there is one very tiny line of French type in the lower right. It reads, "IMPRIME AUX ETATS-UNIS D'AMERIQUE". A collector has told us that he believes this means the still was used in French speaking parts of Canada, but it was printed in the U.S., and that makes complete sense to us! So it is an original still from 1942, but it was printed for use in parts of Canada. If anyone knows more about this, please e-mail us and we will post it here. Condition: good. The right blank border was neatly trimmed off, and there are thumb tack holes around the edges. Learn More about condition grades 
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