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Auction History Result 1s225 CLEOPATRA linen Belgian/Dutch '63 Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Rex Harrison, Terpning art Date Sold 9/14/2014 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked Belgian Movie Poster (measures 21 1/2" x 24 1/2" [55 x 62 cm]) (Learn More) Joseph Mankiewicz's Cleopatra, the 1963 (while it was in limited released in the U.S. in 1963, it did not go into general release in the U.S. until 1964, so the posters all have 1964 dating on them) Joseph L. Mankiewicz English/Swiss/U.S. Egypt historical romantic pseudo-biography epic ("The No1 of all time"; "See Cleopatra triumphant entry into Rome!"; "See the thrilling battle of Actium!"; "See the brutal assassination of Caesar!"; "See the love affairs that destroyed an empire!"; "See the victorious Roman army occupy Cleopatra's Empire"; nominated for the Best Picture Academy Award; based on the novel by Carlo Mario Franzero) starring Elizabeth Taylor (in the title role as Cleopatra), Richard Burton ("as Mark Antony"), Rex Harrison (nominated for the Best Actor Academy Award for this film; "as Julius Caesar"), Pamela Brown, George Cole, Hume Cronyn, Cesare Danova, Kenneth Haigh (as Brutus), Roddy McDowall (as Octavian), Loris Loddi, and Francesca Annis. Note that this epic production created epic problems for 20th Century-Fox! Huge salaries and many production delays caused the budget for the movie to soar to then record heights, and it almost bankrupted the studio! Initially, Peter Finch was cast as Julius Caesar and Stephen Boyd as "Mark Antony", and this trade ad, which was released at the very start of production, has them billed under Elizabeth Taylor. But during filming in England, she became ill, and production had to be halted, since she was in virtually every scene of the movie. Director Rouben Mamoulian quit to work on another project, and so did Peter Finch and Stephen Boyd, who had to quit due to prior commitments for other movies, and they were of course replaced by Rex Harrison and Richard Burton. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Artist: Howard Terpning Important Added Info: Note that this poster was printed in Belgium, but it was printed with Dutch writing instead of the original writing that was on the regular Belgian poster. It seems extremely likely that they needed a poster in the Netherlands, and they altered the printing plates for the Belgian poster and printed it in Belgium. So it IS a Belgian poster, but it was printed in Dutch for use in the Netherlands (if you look at the poster, you see that it has very little actual Dutch writing, and otherwise, it is identical to the regular Belgian poster, except that it is titled "CLEOPATRA" on the Dutch version, and is "CLEOPATRE" on the Belgian version!). What IS linenbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: very good to fine. The poster was never folded and in excellent condition prior to linenbacking. After it was backed, someone folded back part of the top blank area so that they could frame it with an even border, but without trimming off the top blank area. Other than this unusual defect (which solely affects the top blank area), the poster is in excellent condition! Learn More about condition grades 
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