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Auction History Result 4d635 MR. POTTS GOES TO MOSCOW 1sh R50s Mario Zampi's Top Secret, wacky art of Oscar Homolka! Date Sold 11/26/2013 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Undated (probably 1950s) Re-Release Vintage Theatrical Folded One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 29 3/4" x 40" [76 x 102 cm]) (Learn More) Top Secret (released in the U.S. in 1953 as "Mr. Potts Goes to Moscow"; released in France as "Ultra Secret"), the 1952 Mario Zampi English Cold War atom bomb political spy espionage comedy ("Even the Iron Curtain splits its seams... When a plumber is mistaken for an atomic scientist!"; "Behind the LAFF curtain! The hilarious comedy sensation of a big leak that led to the Kremlin!"; "It's the HOT COMEDY about the COLD WAR!"; "Original Story and Screenplay by Jack Davies and Michael Pertwee") starring Oscar Homolka, Nadia Gray, George Cole, Charles Goldner, Eleanor Summerfield, Frederick Valk, Wilfred Hyde-White, and Christopher Lee 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 this poster was printed by "Buck Printing Co. Boston". At one time a constant headache for theaters was being sure of having movie posters for their current releases. Often, the posters would travel with the actual film prints, and sometimes the theater before them might have forgotten to include the poster, it might have been defaced or torn, etc. If a theater didn't have posters, it was very frustrating! Several companies began in the 1930s (Leader Press, the "other company", Woolever Press, etc) that made posters of their own for new releases, and they would provide a back up for theaters in case they didn't get a studio issued poster. Often the posters from these companies (with the exception of the "other company") were silk-screen posters, but they were often quite attractive, and virtually always had a completely different design from the regular studio issued poster. It is an absolute fact that posters from these companies are far more rare than the regular studio issued posters. It is also a certainty that these posters were issued when the movies were first released. In fact, they were created PRIOR to the movie's release, so that they could serve as teaser or advance posters (theaters rarely got the studio issued posters before receiving the actual movie). We have located an extremely rare original advertisement for Leader Press posters which clearly states that they were available to theaters a full two weeks prior to each movie's release. Also note that this poster measures 29 3/4" x 40" [76 x 102 cm]. Condition: fair. There are creases, smudges, and stains throughout the poster and there is MUCH tattering, separation, and some paper loss along the foldlines and around the edges. Learn More about condition grades 
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