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Auction History Result 2z223 CHARADE Parents Magazine style 1sh '63 Cary Grant & sexy Audrey Hepburn, ultra rare! Date Sold 12/8/2016 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Folded One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 27" x 41" [69 x 104 cm]) (Learn More) Charade, the 1963 Stanley Donen mistaken identity romantic mystery comedy thriller ("You can expect the unexpected when Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn... play 'Charade'"; "You can expect the unexpected when they play... 'Charade'"; "Expect the unexpected... when they become partners in danger... and delight!"; about a beautiful woman whose husband stole a fortune and then was murdered, and several men claim they want to help her, but she doesn't know who she can trust and who she can't) starring Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn, Walter Matthau, James Coburn, George Kennedy, and Dominique Minot 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 poster has a large seal of approval from Parents' magazine, awarding the film its "Special Merit Award". This was something that studios did in the late 1950s and early 1960s. They felt that more people would go to a movie that had received this award, so they printed special one-sheets that theaters could also display (but we suspect that most theaters chose not to, because they are far more rare than the "regular" style one-sheet from those movies). Note that this is an extremely rare poster (we have never auctioned it before). We know it is from the first release of the movie (and it has the 1963 NSS number handwritten on the back). It is quite likely the most rare Audrey Hepburn one-sheet there is! Note that all but 28 of the folded one-sheets in this Part I of eMoviePoster.com's December Major Auction were consigned to us by legendary French dealer/collector Dominique Besson. Dominique Besson started collecting movie posters in 1981, and became a dealer in French and European posters in 1994, and has remained as a top dealer ever since! But in addition, 30 years ago, Dominique began collecting U.S. one-sheets, first those with Saul Bass art, and then adding Alfred Hitchcock posters, then Humphrey Bogart, and he finally ended up collecting in an amazing total of 47 different categories, purchasing the posters from all over the world! Now the time has come to sell this wonderful collection, and Dominique has chosen eMoviePoster.com to do so, through our auctions! As noted above, all but 28 of the folded one-sheets in this Part I come from this more remarkable collection (the 28 that do not were consigned to us by other collectors, and are clearly marked). This is not all of the Dominique Besson collection we are auctioning. In addition, there are approximately 200 more folded one-sheets that will be in Part IV of this special auction (ones from the 1970s to present), and there are approximately 100 unfolded one-sheets that will be in Part III (including many great ones). This is a very rare opportunity to purchase folded one-sheets (all of which have had no professional restoration) from one of the greatest one-sheet collections assembled! Note that this one-sheet is from the category that Dominique Besson collected on that he labeled "Audrey Hepburn". Condition: fair to good. There are irregular tears in Grant's nose and someone put tape on the back of that area, which has slightly discolored the front (see our image). The poster was folded in half an extra time, and the bottom 1/2" was folded back. There is paper loss in the lower right border and in the left of the bottom border, and some tape stains in the top and bottom borders. Please do not bid on this poster unless you can accept its defects described above or are willing to pay to have them properly restored. Learn More about condition grades 
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