eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 2z300 FALCON OUT WEST linen 1sh '44 great art of Tom Conway as The Falcon w/pretty women! Date Sold 5/4/2010Sold 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) The Falcon Out West, the 1944 William Clemens detective mystery crime thriller ("One of these girls is a killer!"; "TEXAS TERROR - dynamite!"; "EX-WIFE - and jealous!"; "'COME-ON GIRL' - and fiancee!"; "The throbbing tops in mystery thrills, when a Cover-Girl, an Ex-Wife and a terrific Texan are trapped in the Wedding Night Murder!"; "Try to pick the killer from this tempting trio!"; "Death claims a wealthy bridegroom on his wedding eve... In a mystery killing that proves The Falcon's most baffling - and fascinating - case!"; "What a spot for a sleuth!"; "Beware Falcon... One of these girls means MURDER!"; "Thrills, suspense... and romance... when a wedding night murder traces a tricky trail from Broadway's hottest spot to a lone star luxury ranch!"; "Was it the victim's Cover-Girl fiancee, his jealous ex-wife or the terrific Texan? Mystery merges with laughs and thrills in this top Falcon adventure!"; "Based on the Character Created by Michael Arlen") starring Tom Conway (in the title role as The Falcon), Barbara Hale, Don Douglas, Carole Gallagher, Joan Barclay, Cliff Clark, Ed Gargan, and Minor Watson. Note that this is one of twelve movies that starred Tom Conway as The Falcon. In the first three movies, George Sanders (who had previously played "The Saint" in a series of movies) played The Falcon, but he apparently tired of the role, and wanted to leave, and instead of ending the series, or having a new actor play the role, he passed it on to Tom Conway in the fourth movie, "The Falcon's Brother" (they played brothers in the movie and in real life they were brothers!) in a clever move, the script had George Sanders' character killed, and his brother, played by Tom Conway, shows up and solves his murder, and becomes the "new" Falcon; and Conway went on to make a total of twelve Falcon movies. 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: What IS linenbacking? "Linenbacking" is a process that is used to preserve movie posters (the best restorers de-acidify the poster during the restoration process), and to make them far easier to display (it is much easier and less expensive to frame a linenbacked poster). When linenbacking is done correctly, it adds to the value of the poster, and is NOT a defect! Note that the specific poster in this auction was well linenbacked, but the restorer did not attempt to make the poster look "perfect". You may still see some slight evidence of the restoration and/or the defects when you look at the poster from inches away, and you may be able to see slight signs of restoration even from a distance. But the poster now looks quite nice, and I think most collectors would be quite happy to display this poster on their wall. In general, know that we received many of the linenbacked posters we are currently selling already linenbacked, but we have examined every poster EXTREMELY carefully, and we did our best to describe what condition the poster was in PRIOR to restoration, the defects the poster had PRIOR to restoration (in the "Pre-Restoration Defects & Quality of Restoration" section), any unrestored defects, and, when it seemed worth noting, something about the quality of the restoration itself. Many other auction houses claim to match what we do in this area, but EVERY person who regularly buys movie posters from major auctions can tell you this is just not the case! We never intentionally overgrade a single item, we never "accidentally" miss defects, and we never enhance a single image! Condition: very good. The poster had tiny paper loss at the crossfolds and creases and tiny tears in the vertical foldline with very little wear on the horizontal folds. There were some pinholes and tiny tears around the edges of the poster, more so in the corners. Overall, the poster was in very good condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was nicely backed, and displays well! Learn More about condition grades
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