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Auction History Result 3y0891 HENRY V 1sh R1950 Laurence Olivier & Renee Asherson, William Shakespeare! Date Sold 3/14/2023 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. A 1950 Re-Release Theatrical Folded One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 27" x 41" [69 x 104 cm]) (Learn More) The Chronicle History of King Henry the Fifth with His Battell Fought at Agincourt in France (released in the U.S. in 1947 as "William Shakespeare's Henry V"), the classic 1944 Laurence Olivier English adaptation-of-the-classic-play-by-William-Shakespeare (nominated for the Best Picture Academy Award) starring Leslie Banks, Felix Aylmer, Laurence Olivier (nominated for the Best Actor Academy Award for this film; in the title role as King Henry V of England), Robert Helpmann, Vernon Greeves, Gerald Case, George Robey (as Sir John Falstaff), Freda Jackson, and Renee Asherson. Note that the IMDb says that this movie was released in the U.S. in 1946, but we know that there are lobby cards and stills that are dated both 1944 and 1945, so there was at least an intended release late in 1944 or in early 1945. We wonder if perhaps it first played in very limited release in late 1944 in the U.S. and that there was at least a further limited release in 1947. We know that it received a full scale re-release from United Artists in 1950, but that could have been its first major U.S. release. If anyone knows more about this, please e-mail us and we will post it here. 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 because this movie was made in England during World War II in 1944, it was not released in the U.S. until after the war. As noted above, there is some confusion as to exactly when that first U.S. release occurred, and how wide of a release it was (certainly, it makes sense that a movie based on Shakespeare might have only initially played in arthouse cinemas, likely in big cities). We don't know that it had any wide release in the U.S. until 1950, when United Artists (which had also released it earlier) gave it a wide U.S. release, with the tagline "Now at popular prices". Because of the time that had passed since the movie was made, we are calling the 1950 movie paper "R50" (meaning 1950 re-release), but it is certainly possible the movie might have been in continuous release somewhere in the U.S. during that time. Condition: good. The poster has patches of discoloration along portions of the folds which has caused some spotty paper loss along portions of the center horizontal fold (see our image). Learn More about condition grades 
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