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Auction History Result k065 FALCON TAKES OVER linen long Aust daybill movie poster '42 Sanders Date Sold 10/4/2005Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked "Long" Australian Daybill Movie Poster (measures 13" x 36") (Learn More) The Falcon Takes Over, the 1942 Irving Reis detective mystery crime thriller ("A city paralyzed by fear.. As the star who played 'The Saint' meets more than his match in this hulking giant of a menace whose exploits may amaze the cops but will amuse you as - 'The Falcon Takes Over'"; "Newest romantic adventures with the start who played 'The Saint'"; "Half the chills and twice the laughs you'd expect... with Jimmy Gleason as harassed Inspector O'Hara and Allen Jenkins bungling again as the Falcon's stooge... and the gals - bless 'em!- getting more than their share of attention between clues"; based on Raymond Chandler's classic novel "Farewell, My Lovely" and it is the FIRST screen version of it [two more followed, which were Murder My Sweet in 1944 with Dick Powell and also Farewell, My Lovely in 1975 with Robert Mitchum]; in this movie, the lead character, detective Philip Marlow, is re-named Gay Lawrence, which was The Falcon's name in the series, and The Falcon still has Allen Jenkins as his sidekick, Goldie, but Moose Malloy is still named Moose Malloy, and he is still looking for Velma; the movie is an odd mix of both The Falcon series and classic Raymond Chandler) starring George Sanders (in the title role as The Falcon), Lynn Bari, James Gleason, Allen Jenkins, and Helen Gilbert. Note that this is one of four movies that starred George Sanders as The Falcon. After the fourth movie, the role of The Falcon was passed from George Sanders (who had previously played "The Saint" in a series of movies, and who apparently had tired of this role, and wanted to leave) to Tom Conway (they played brothers in the movie and in real life they were brothers!; in a clever move, the script for that movie, "The Falcon's Brother" 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: Note that this Australian daybill measures 13" x 36". Please do not bid on this poster thinking it is 13" x 30". Condition: very good. This poster was linenbacked, and one of the following is true: either the poster had very minor defects, and was well backed, OR it had more significant defects, but they were extremely well restored, OR it had some minor defects that were not completely restored, and are somewhat noticeable. You can tell which of the above is the case for this particular poster by reading our "pre-restoration" description and also by looking at our "super-sized" image of the actual poster (we are the only major auction company we know of that gives accurate detailed pre-restoration information about linenbacked posters to our bidders, but we wish everyone did!). The poster had creases along the foldlines. It appears that the top blank area was stained and that the restorer placed new white paper over the blank area (it was expertly done). Overall, the poster was in very good condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was well backed, and looks great! Learn More about condition grades 
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