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3a152 IL BIDONE linen French 16x22 '56 Fellini, Thos art of Crawford & Giulietta Masina, rare!

Date Sold 12/11/2016
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An Original 1956 (from the first release of this movie in France) Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked French "Petite" Movie Poster (measures 15 1/2" x 21 3/4" [39 x 55 cm]) (Learn More)

Il Bidone (released in the U.S. in 1962 as "The Swindle"), the 1955 Federico Fellini Italian/French family relationship con man crime melodrama (about an aging con man who meets his grown daughter, and decides to try to make a lot of money with newly met crooks, so that he can provide for her education, but when he cuts out his partners and gives all the money to his daughter, he is brutally beaten) starring Broderick Crawford, Giulietta Masina, Richard Basehart, Franco Fabrizi, and Sue Ellen Blake. Note that this movie was made in Italy in 1955 and was released all over Europe over the next few years, but it did not receive a U.S. release at all, likely because of the very depressing nature of the movie. However, after Fellini's great success with "La Dolce Vita" in 1960, this movie was given a U.S. release in 1962.
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Artist: Yves Thos
Important Added Info: Note that this is a "country of origin" poster for this partially French movie! Also note that there is a tiny "3/56 Depot legal 56/1" with "24.562" beside that at the bottom of the poster. This means that this poster is from the first 1956 French release, and that this is the first time the poster was printed.

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Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: good to very good. The poster was folded across the middle and it had some tiny paper loss along that fold, more so at the left and right ends. There was an 8" vertical tear near the top center. The poster had darkened somewhat. Overall, the poster was in good to very good condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was pretty well backed, but you can see signs of the above defects and the restoration of the above defects.
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