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Auction History Result 1a1394 WOLF MAN 1sh R1948 great images of Lon Chaney Jr. as the werewolf monster, ultra rare! Date Sold 10/31/2021 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. A 1948 Re-Release Theatrical Folded One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 27" x 41" [69 x 104 cm]) (Learn More) The Wolf Man, the 1941 George Waggner Universal werewolf monster horror thriller (written by Curt Siodmak; about the son of a Welsh nobleman who returns to Wales after many years in America, and things start out well when he and his father reconcile, but then he meets a beautiful girl at a carnival, and a gypsy fortune teller sees the sign of a wolf on her palm, and soon after, she is bitten by a wolf, and the man tries to save her, but she is killed, and he manages to kill the wolf, but is bitten during the process, and later, the gypsy turns up dead, and the man is the primary suspect, and that is only the beginning of his massive problems!) starring Claude Rains, Warren William, Ralph Bellamy, Patric Knowles, Bela Lugosi (as Bela), Maria Ouspenskaya, Evelyn Ankers, and Lon Chaney Jr. (in the title role "as 'The Wolf Man'"/Lawrence Talbot). Note that this was the only classic 1940s original Universal monster (the others originated in the 1930s). Actually, however, there WAS a 1930s Universal werewolf before this, which was in 1935's "Werewolf of London", but Universal did not like the way Henry Hull's makeup looked in that movie, so they restarted the character in this movie, with completely different makeup! In addition, they had the great fortune to hire screenwriter Curt Siodmak to come up with an original screenplay, and unlike several past classic Universal horror movies, this was not based on a classic story, but instead was a Siodmak original, and it was brilliantly written and has been imitated countless times since! 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 never before auctioned this 1948 re-release one-sheet! Of course, in recent years, prices on posters like these have risen drastically, and the first release Wolf Man one-sheet would be an extremely high price, making this poster (with a completely different and superior image to that of the 1941 first release poster) a really wonderful alternative! Condition: very good. There are creases and a few small tears in the left half of the left blank border and just a few creases in the right border. There are two diagonal creases above and below the let and right of the top and bottom folds that extend into the solid green area but they are very light. There are tiny pinholes in each corner and three small pieces of clear tape in the top blank border. There are a few small creases and the top and bottom folds and some incredibly tiny tears in the left 6" of the bottom fold, but otherwise there is almost no fold wear. I go into such detail on the very minor defects this poster has because it is very rare and valuable, but honestly it has likely survived in about as good condition as one could possibly hope, and it has had no restoration other than the tiny pieces of tape in the top blank border which were solely put there to attach it to a wall! Learn More about condition grades 
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