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ADMIRABLE CRICHTON ('57) ADMIRABLE CRICHTON ('57) Aust daybill OR search current auctions Auction History Result 5a0684 ADMIRABLE CRICHTON linen Aust daybill 1957 Kenneth More, Diane Cilento, different art, rare! Date Sold 9/3/2023 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked Australian Daybill Movie Poster (db; measures 13" x 30" [33 x 76 cm]) (Learn More) The Admirable Crichton (released in the U.S. in 1958 as "Paradise Lagoon"), the 1957 Lewis Gilbert English shipwreck romantic melodrama ("Shipwrecked in paradise!"; "See what the girls saw in the butler!"; "The hilarious story of what the girls saw in the butler... and what the butler saw in the girls!"; "Based on the play 'The Admirable Crichton' by James M. Barrie"; about a group of upper class English men and women who are shipwrecked on a desert island along with their butler, and he proves to be the only worthwhile person there, but they learn to adapt and be happy in their new setting, until they are "rescued") starring Kenneth More (in the title role as Bill Crichton), Diane Cilento, Cecil Parker, Sally Ann Howes (billed as "Star of My Fair Lady"), Martita Hunt, and Peter Graves. Note that this play was written in 1903 by James M. Barrie (best remembered for creating Peter Pan), and was a great success. There was a film version in 1913, followed by a 1918 English version, and again in the U.S. the following year. It was also filmed in 1934 and this version was filmed in 1957. 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 only previously auctioned one example of this poster, and that was 8 years ago. The buyer of that poster had it linenbacked and has now reconsigned it to us, so this is still the only example we have ever auctioned! What IS linenbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: good to very good. The poster had tiny tears on parts of the folds, with pinholes in the corners. Overall, the poster was in good to very good condition prior to linenbacking. The restorer backed the poster "in the European style", meaning that they did not do restoration to the defects described above. Learn More about condition grades 
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