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Auction History Result 1p830 BEST MAN French 22x30 '64 Henry Fonda & Vidal running for President of the United States! Date Sold 10/11/2016 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Kraftbacked Folded French "Affiche" Movie Poster (23x32; measures 22 1/4" x 29 1/2" [57 x 75 cm]) (Learn More) Gore Vidal's The Best Man, the 1964 Franklin J. Schaffner political Presidential election melodrama ("Does 'the Best Man' always get to the White House?"; "This is the public image! This is the private truth!"; "'I have the greatest respect for my opponent... and I'm sure the best man will win!'"; "He'll lie... he'll cheat... he'll destroy ...he'll do anything to get elected!"; "If we can dig deep enough we can get something on everybody... And we'll use it!"; "'I'm with my husband all the way!'"; "I'll stay with you on one condition: No other women during the campaign!"; "Are you saying that the presidential candidate is a degenerate?"; written by Gore Vidal; includes a once-daring, but now painful homosexual subplot) starring Henry Fonda, Cliff Robertson, Edie Adams, Margaret Leighton, Shelley Berman, Lee Tracy (nominated for the Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for this film), Ann Sothern, Gene Raymond, Kevin McCarthy, Mahalia Jackson, Howard K. Smith, John Henry Faulk, and Richard Arlen NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Artist: Boris Grinsson Important Added Info: Note that this poster has been kraftbacked, which means it was backed onto a brown paper soon after it was printed (this process is called "kraft-backing", and posters with it are called "kraft-backed"). One could have it professionally removed from the kraft paper and linenbacked, and it would look great! Also note that this poster was folded at one time but has been laying flat for a long time and will be sent rolled in a tube. Note that this item (and others we are auctioning in this set of auctions) come to us from the estate of Lee Sanders. Mr. Sanders was a nationally recognized projectionist, film poster collector, and union activist who passed away last year, and the net proceeds from the sale of his varied and eclectic collection will be donated to promote film studies at the Besant School of Happy Valley in Ojai, Ca. Condition: good. The poster has darkened and slightly rippled due to being paperbacked (see above). There are some pinholes around the edges. There is separation in the edges of some of the foldlines. Please see our super-sized image to get a good sense of the condition of this item prior to placing a bid. Learn More about condition grades 
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