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KISS OF DEATH ('47) KISS OF DEATH ('47) Japanese press sheet OR search current auctions Auction History Result 8x0017 KISS OF DEATH Japanese 10x29 press sheet 1952 Victor Mature, Brian Donlevy, Gray, ultra rare! Date Sold 5/30/2021 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original 1952 (from the first release of this movie in Japan) Vintage Theatrical Folded Two-Sided Japanese Press Sheet Movie Poster (14x20; measures 10" x 28 1/2" [25 x 72 cm]) (Learn More) Kiss of Death, the classic 1947 Henry Hathaway crime film noir ("20th Century-Fox Sensation!"; "It will mark you for life as it marked him for... Betrayal!"; "Based on a Story by Eleazer Lipsky"; "Screen Play by Ben Hecht and Charles Lederer") starring Victor Mature, Brian Donlevy, Coleen Gray (billed as "Introducing Coleen Gray"), Richard Widmark (nominated for the Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for this film; as the psychopathic killer, Tommy Udo, who, in one of the cinema's most memorable scenes, laughs as he pushes a woman in a wheelchair down a flight of stairs!), Patricia Morison (while she was billed on the poster and listed in the credits, her scenes were cut from the film for being too shocking), Taylor Holmes, Robert Keith, Howard Smith, and Karl Malden (in his third credited movie role!). Note that when this movie was first released, 20th Century-Fox knew they had a very "special" movie, and they created a one-sheet that was intentionally black and white, with no white borders, which is very striking. They did NOT realize that Richard Widmark would become a star off of his portrayal of a psychopath, so he was not pictured on the one-sheet or the other advertising, and even when they re-released the movie in 1953, they simply reused the image from the 1947 one-sheet (oddly, adding color), and still, Widmark was not pictured. 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 is an extremely rare Japanese press sheet. We have never auctioned one in all our years of auctioning! We have provided an image of each side of the press sheet. Note also that this Japanese press sheet measures 10" x 28 1/2" [25 x 72 cm]. Finally 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. Condition: very good. Other than some minor wear and tiny creases in a few portions of the folds the rare press sheet is in pretty nice condition! Learn More about condition grades 
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