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Auction History Result y353 FUNNY FACE linen 1sh R65 Audrey Hepburn close up & dancing with Fred Astaire! Date Sold 9/14/2004Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Undated (probably 1965) Re-release Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked One-Sheet Movie Poster (measures 27" x 41") (Learn More) Funny Face, the 1957 Stanley Donen New York City Paris France romantic musical comedy ("Presented in a real new dimension in motion picture entertainment."; "Written by Leonard Gershe"; "Music and Lyrics George & Ira Gershwin"; "Choreography by Eugene Loring & Fred Astaire"; Hepburn is a worker in a bookstore who is discovered by a much older Fred Astaire) starring Audrey Hepburn, Fred Astaire, Kay Thompson, Michel Auclair, Robert Flemyng, and Dovima 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 after Hepburn's huge success in MY FAIR LADY, Paramount re-released FUNNY FACE with a similar ad campaign to the original, but the posters had a pink background. None of the items give a re-release date, but two tell-tale signs of the re-release are that it is identified on some of the advertising as "A Paramount All Time Greatest Production!", and that a tagline on some of the advertising includes the phrase "...she's the fairest lady of all!", a direct reference to MY FAIR LADY. Sometimes, items from this undated re-release have been unknowingly sold as being from the original 1957 release, because they are undated and from Paramount, the original releasing studio. Condition: good. This poster was linenbacked, but it was either NOT linenbacked by a very talented restorer, or it was linenbacked many years ago, and has received rough handling over the years, or it had fairly major defects that were not restorated at all. If it was restored, you can see signs of the restoration even from a distance. This is a poster that would greatly benefit from additional professional restoration. See below for its pre-restoration defects (we are the only major auction company we know of that gives accurate detailed pre-restoration information to our bidders, but we wish everyone did!). The poster had creases, smudges, and tears on many foldlines, and the person who did the restoration painted over much of the background area in the large "face", apparently so as to even it out. They did a somewhat alright job, but you can see that there has been restoration in this area. Overall, the poster looks pretty nice, but please do not bid on this poster unless you can accept the restoration it has had. Learn More about condition grades 
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