eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 3k516 MAN OF EVIL three-sheet '44 huge close up headshot art of James Mason + Calvert & Granger! Date Sold 1/13/2009Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Folded Three-Sheet Movie Poster (3sh; measures 41" x 81") (Learn More) Fanny by Gaslight (released in the U.S. in 1948 as "Man of Evil"), the 1944 Anthony Asquith English historical romantic love triangle family relationship melodrama ("What is there about Mason that makes all women forget how wicked he is!!!"; "you'll know why... when you see James Mason as 'Man of Evil'"; "Most daring love story ever..."; "From the novel by Michael Sadleir"; set in 1870s London, about a young woman who returns home from boarding school and witnesses her father killed, and then her mother dies too, and she discovers that her parents were running a bordello in the house next to their home, and then she discovers that the people she thought were her parents were not really her parents, and that her real father is a respected politician) starring James Mason, Phyllis Calvert (in the title role as "Fanny"), Stewart Granger (in his fifth credited movie role!), Wilfrid Lawson, Jean Kent, and Margaretta Scott 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 for this first U.S. release, James Mason, who had become a major star in the four years since the movie was made, is now top billed, whereas in the original English release, he was barely billed at all. This three-sheet was printed in 2 sections. Condition: good to very good. There are some creases, smudges, and tears on several foldlines, and some paper loss at some crossfolds. There is some darkening and slight extra wear on the part of the back of the poster that was on the outside when it was fully folded, typical of folded three-sheets (but it has little effect on the front of the poster). Learn More about condition grades
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