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Auction History Result 3f046 THIRD MAN linen English 1sh R50s different art of Orson Welles, Carol Reed classic film noir! Date Sold 12/8/2015 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Undated (probably late 1950s or early 1960s) Re-Release Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked English One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 27" x 39 1/2" [69 x 100 cm]) (Learn More) The Third Man (also released as "The 3rd Man"), the classic 1949 Carol Reed (nominated for the Best Director Academy Award for this film) English Vienna Austria crime film noir murder mystery mistaken identity thriller ("Cats loved him... And so did Women!"; "What a chase he led them!"; "He'll put you in a dither with his Zither"; based on a story "by Graham Greene"; "Hunted by men... Sought by women!"; "Presented by Alexander Korda and David O. Selznick"; about a man going to visit his old friend in post-War Vienna, and when he gets there, he discovers that the friend is dead, or is he?) starring Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli (billed as "Valli"), Orson Welles (even though Welles only appears in a small portion of the movie, he dominates it!), Trevor Howard, Bernard Lee, Paul Horbiger, and Hedwig Bleibtreu. Note that the musical score for this movie was by Austrian zither musician Anton Karas, and it was so memorable that they even made a tagline about it ("He'll put you in a dither with his Zither"). Also note that this was intended to be the first of several movies with producers David Selznick and Alexander Korda, but the men clashed frequently during the making of the movie, and they never worked together again. Also note that Orson Welles clashed with director Carol Reed, and reportedly, he wrote much of his character's dialog in the movie, and made other contributions to the script that likely drove Reed crazy! 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 is a "country of origin" poster for this English movie! Because of how popular this movie was, it was given two quick re-releases in England. The first one occurred around 1955, when Lion International Films was formed (it has letters and numbers at the bottom that were also on the very first 1949 English one-sheet), and the second one occurred later in the 1950s, or very early in the 1960s (and that poster is blank on the bottom). The poster offered here is from that second re-release. Also note that this English one-sheet measures 27" x 39 1/2" [69 x 100 cm]. Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: very good. The poster had tiny paper loss at the crossfolds, with some separation and tiny bits of paper loss on parts of some folds. It had some pinholes and tears in the borders and a stain in the middle of the "M" of "MAN" in the title. 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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