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Auction History Result 5w0856 WEST SIDE STORY French 2p 1962 Academy Award winning classic musical, different & rare! Date Sold 9/17/2020 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original 1962 (from the first release of this movie in France) Vintage Folded French Two-Panel "Double Grande" Poster (2p; measures 62" x 91 3/4" [157 x 233 cm]; printed in 2 pieces) (Learn More) West Side Story, the classic 1961 Robert Wise & Jerome Robbins (winners of the Best Director Academy Award for this film) New York City romantic dance musical ("The screen achieves one of the great entertainments in the history of motion pictures"; "'Best Picture' Winner of 10 Academy Awards 1961"; "Based upon the stage play produced by Robert E. Griffith and Harold S. Prince" winner of the Best Picture Academy Award; with a sentimental script by Ernest Lehman, which borrows heavily from "Romeo & Juliet"; based on a book by Arthur Laurents) starring Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn, Rita Moreno (winner of the Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for this film), and George Chakiris (winner of the Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for this film). The wonderful music was by Leonard Bernstein and the equally wonderful lyrics were by Stephen Sondheim. Note that Natalie Wood's singing was dubbed by Marni Nixon (who had also dubbed The King and I and The Sound of Music), and Richard Beymer's singing was dubbed as well. Recordings exist of some of Natalie Wood's singing, and she absolutely would have been fine, but Hollywood demands perfection! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Artist: Joseph Caroff Important Added Info: Note that we have never before auctioned this French poster! Also note that this French two-panel measures 62" x 91 3/4" [157 x 233 cm], but it has not been trimmed. Also note that this French two-panel was printed in 2 sections designed to overlap. Condition: fair to good. Parts of the poster got wet at some point, and there are light water stains and ink transfer scattered in parts of the poster. There are some creases and several tears along the folds that were on the outside when the poster was fully folded. There are some creases, smudges, and tiny tears on the other folds, and some tiny paper loss at some crossfolds. Learn More about condition grades 
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