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Auction History Result e055 ALAMO linen Italian two-panel movie poster '60 Wayne, Olavetti art! Date Sold 12/18/2007Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked Italian Two-Panel (known in Italy as a "4 Fogli") Movie Poster (measures 55" x 78") (Learn More) The Alamo, the 1960 John Wayne Texas War of Independence cowboy western ("The screen's 12 million dollar spectacle! thousands in the cast! years in the making!"; "It took years to make... it cost $12,000,000 ...it will be remembered forever!"; "The mission that became a fortress... The fortress that became a shrine..."; "Mammoth thousands upon thousands in the cast!... 12 million dollars poured into its filming ...years in the making!"; "You'll Remember The Vast Armies Avalanching Across Mountain And Plain! You'll Remember The Awesome Siege of the Cannon! You'll Remember The Stand Of The 156 Men Against 7,000! You'll Remember Davy Crockett Standing On the Ramparts! You'll Remember The Daring Raid Into the Heart Of The Enemy Camp! You'll Remember The Unsung Exploit Of The Midnight Courier! You'll Remember The Charge of the Scarlet Plumes!"; nominated for the Best Picture Academy Award) starring John Wayne ("as Colonel David Crockett", better known as Davy Crockett), Richard Widmark ("as Colonel James Bowie"), Laurence Harvey ("as Colonel Wm. Barret Travis"), Frankie Avalon, Patrick Wayne, Linda Cristal, Joan O'Brien, Chill Wills (nominated for the Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for this film), Joseph Calleia, and Richard Boone (billed as "Guest Star Richard Boone"). Note that this movie was first announced by Republic Pictures in 1950, starring John Wayne, but for various reasons, the movie was never made at that time. Finally, Wayne was able to get it made (with himself as the director) a full decade later! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Artist: Giorgio Olivetti Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: very good. The restorer who linenbacked the poster did not have a single piece of linen large enough to linenback the poster on a single piece of linen, so they first joined two pieces of linen together (slightly overlapping them, similar in the way a multi-panel poster is overlapped), and then they linenbacked the poster on to the combined linen. It has no effect on the poster, other than that you can see the "join" on the back of the center of the poster. The poster had darkening on several foldlines (typical of Italian posters of this period), and it is most noticeable in the blank borders and light background areas. There was some tiny paper loss at some crossfolds and some creases and tears on some foldlines. 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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