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Auction History Result 5b1164 KING & I 1sh 1956 art of Deborah Kerr & Yul Brynner in Rodgers & Hammerstein's musical! Date Sold 9/26/2023 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 27" x 41" [69 x 104 cm]) (Learn More) Rodgers and Hammerstein's The King and I, the classic 1956 Walter Lang (nominated for the Best Director Academy Award for this film) Siam royalty family romantic adventure musical ("In the complete grandeur of CinemaScope 55, Richer! Deeper! Clearer!"; "More than your eyes have ever seen"; "More than your eyes have ever seen... More than your heart has ever known!"; "Screenplay by Ernest Lehman"; "Music by Richard Rodgers, Book and Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, From their musical play, Based on 'Anna and the King of Siam' by Margaret Landon"; nominated for the Best Picture Academy Award) starring Deborah Kerr (nominated for the Best Actress Academy Award for this film), Yul Brynner (winner of the Best Actor Academy Award for this film; in the title role as King Mongkut of Siam), Rita Moreno, Martin Benson, and Rex Thompson NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Artist: Mitchell Hooks Important Added Info: Note that this poster has something VERY UNUSUAL about it. What is that? The person who owned it had a home movie theater, and they had a large collection of one-sheets, and they would display them when they showed the movie, and they needed a way to protect the posters while they were being handled, and keep them from being damaged while on display. He came up with a solution that we have not seen before. He had a thin sheet of laminate plastic placed over the BACK of each one-sheet, BUT NOT ON THE FRONT (as is normally done when laminating the poster). If you have ever seen "laminated" posters, they are often covered with very thick plastic material on both sides. THE LAMINATE PLASTIC USED HERE IS A THIN MATERIAL. While we have never seen this before, it actually works well! The front of the poster is no different then it was, but the plastic on the back greatly helps protect the poster from tears or other defects (this is the same principle that was used decades ago when they would kraftback posters moving from theater to theater, and as with kraftbacking, the posters with this laminate plastic on the back CAN be folded as normal, as this poster was). WE DON'T KNOW HOW EASY OR HARD IT WOULD BE TO REMOVE THE PLASTIC FROM THE BACK (although there are a few where the plastic is separating, indicating it surely CAN be done), but the buyer of this poster will have two options. They can either keep the poster exactly as is, and if they display it, no one will even know about the plastic laminate on the back, or they can have a restorer remove it. Either way, DO NOT BID ON THIS POSTER UNLESS YOU CAN ACCEPT THAT IT HAS THIS ON THE BACK (but NOT on the front). Condition: good. The poster has laminate plastic on the back only (see above: but NOT on the front). There are some smudges and scuffs scattered through the poster. Otherwise the poster has some fairly minor wear (see our image). Learn More about condition grades 
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