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Auction History Result 1b767 SAINT IN PALM SPRINGS style A 1sh 1941 artwork of detective George Sanders & Wendy Barrie! Date Sold 10/16/2018 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Folded Style A One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 27" x 41" [69 x 104 cm]) (Learn More) The Saint in Palm Springs, the 1941 Jack Hively California detective crime mystery thriller ("Story by Leslie Charteris") starring George Sanders (in the title role as Simon Templar a.k.a. The Saint), Wendy Barrie, Paul Guilfoyle, Jonathan Hale and Linda Hayes. Note that this was the first of the "Saint" movies made by RKO, based on Leslie Charteris' classic character, The Saint (the first of these was in 1938, The Saint in New York, where Louis Hayward played the title role, and then George Sanders took over). However, Charteris often disagreed with any story changes made by RKO and with Sanders' interpretation of his character. Because of this (and to save on royalty fees), this film was the last of the series produced by RKO. Instead, they made "The Gay Falcon", which obviously starred the exact same character, but with the name changed (and there were many more in that series). Mr. Charteris threatened to sue RKO over this but the matter was settled out-of-court, and in 1953, RKO handled U.S. distribution for the English film "The Saint's Return" (also known as "The Saint's Girl Friday"), which starred Louis Hayward, who had played The Saint in the first RKO movie! George Sanders starred in four movies as The Falcon. After the fourth movie, the role of The Falcon was passed from George Sanders (who apparently had tired of this role, and wanted to leave) to Tom Conway (they played brothers in a movie called "The Falcon's Brother", and in real life they were brothers!; it had George Sanders' character killed, and his brother, played by Tom Conway, shows up and solves his murder, and becomes the "new" Falcon; and Conway went on to make a total of twelve Falcon movies). NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Condition: good. Portions of the poster at left are rippled and there are relatively large tears at upper left and lower left that have been repaired with large pieces of tape from the back. There are a few tears along the foldlines and there is some crossfold separation. Certainly the poster could be restored and linenbacked and it would look great, but please bear in mind its defects and cost of restoration before placing a bid. Learn More about condition grades 
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