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Auction History Result 5d115 JET PILOT 24sh '57 gigantic Ren Wicks art of John Wayne & Janet Leigh, Howard Hughes, rare! Date Sold 3/12/2017 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Tri-Folded Twenty-Four-Sheet Movie Poster (24sh; measures approximately 9' x 20') (Learn More) Howard Hughes' Jet Pilot, the 1957 Josef von Sternberg Cold War airplane aviation military fighter pilot romantic melodrama ("Earth-shaking, sky-shattering!"; "Exploding with all the power of the Jet-Age... With all the passion of a daring love story!"; "She made him forget he was a soldier! He made her remember she was a woman!"; "The greatest air spectacle of the Jet Age"; "Jet-Flame action! Jet-Hot thrills!"; "Greatest air spectacle of the Jet Age!"; "Earth-shaking, sky-shattering!... So Big it took years to make!"; "The Roar of Jets! Those Screaming Eagles are on the job in the greatest air spectacle of the jet age!"; "No man can pay the price for what this woman offers!"; "Only The Sky was big enough to hold the sweep and power of this epic-making picture!"; "Written and Produced by Jules Furthman"; produced by Howard Hughes) starring John Wayne, Janet Leigh, "The U.S. Air Force", Jay C. Flippen, Paul Fix, Hans Conried, John Bishop, Roland Winters, and Richard Rober. Note that this movie was produced in 1950 but not released until 1957. RKO had ceased to exist at the time this movie was finally released, and Universal probably re-used old printing plates, and put their logo at the bottom, covering over the old one which explains why materials on this movie have both studios printed on them! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Artist: Ren Wicks Important Added Info: Note that we have never auctioned this poster before! Note that this twenty-four sheet was printed in 12 sections designed to overlap. Also note that this poster needs to be sent in an oversized flat package, which measures roughly 16" x 31" x 2", so it will cost more to send than items that fit in our standard flat packages, especially if they are sent to non-U.S. addresses. Finally, note that this is one of a remarkable collection of ELEVEN 24-sheets we are currently auctioning, and they are from 1957 to 1986, years that you would not expect ANY 24-sheets to have survived from, and they include first release 24-sheets from both Star Wars and Return of the Jedi, which are surely in the handful of most rare Star Wars posters there are! This is an incredibly rare opportunity to add any of these eleven posters to your collection! Condition: very good. There is darkening and someone wrote the title on the back of the foldline that was in the section that was on the outside when the poster was fully folded. This is the section in the top left corner, and it falls on the back of the area above Leigh's head, but it does not affect the front, although there are two tiny areas of paper loss in that area. There are some creases, smudges, and tiny tears on the other foldlines, and some tiny paper loss at some crossfolds. Please look at our super-sized image to get a sense of the exact condition of this poster. It is remarkable that this poster has survived at all! Learn More about condition grades 
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