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Auction History Result f003 BUS STOP insert movie poster '56 Marilyn Monroe, Don Murray Date Sold 8/14/2007Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Paperbacked Insert Movie Poster (measures 14" x 36") (Learn More) Bus Stop, the 1956 Joshua Logan Phoenix Arizona romantic comedy ("The coming of age of Bo Decker... And the girl who made him a man!"; "Give this cowboy enough rope and he'll land Marilyn Monroe"; "You got an idea a woman should be treated like an animal!"; "Based on the stage play by William Inge"; about a cowboy who meets a beautiful showgirl, and has the fantasy that she will go to his ranch to live with him, so that she can escape her tawdry life, but she has other ideas) starring Marilyn Monroe, Don Murray (nominated for the Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for this film; billed as "Introducing Hollywood's newest hunk of man"), Arthur O'Connell, Betty Field, Hope Lange, Robert Bray, Eileen Heckart, and Henry Slate. Note that this film had been intended to star Elvis and Marilyn but Elvis' manager prevented this from happening, and that Don Murray, who was a success on Broadway, but was yet to make his first movie, stepped in to Elvis' shoes! 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 has been paperbacked. What is paperbacking? This means the poster was backed onto a paper backing (acid-free), that is similar in feel to that of the original poster (except somewhat heavier). It is a similar process to linenbacking, except that most collectors use linenbacking for one-sheets and paperbacking for half-sheets, inserts, window cards, and lobby cards. Condition: very good. The poster had creases along the foldlines, and smudges and a few small tears around the edges of the poster. There were smudges in parts of the white background areas. There was a semi-circular area of paper loss near the middle of the right border (to the right of Monroe's shoe). It extended past the dark line border slightly into the white background. The person who backed the poster did a good job, but they pretty much left alone the faint smudges in the white background areas, and also a stamped red NSS number in the top right corner, which had slightly bled through in the white background area. I would think most collectors could display this poster just as it is, and certainly, any talented restorer could perform some slight restoration to the above defects, and make the poster display that much better (I imagine the reason the original restorer chose not to touch up every single bit of the white background that had smudges was that they were afraid it would give the poster a "painted over" look, and I think they made a wise decision; at the most, I would perform a slight amount of additional restoration). Learn More about condition grades 
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