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This is an eMoviePoster.com stock image. What does this mean?  Auction History Result #5655 VERTIGO 1sh '58 James Stewart, Novak Date Sold 9/9/2003Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. Original Vintage Theatrical Folded One-Sheet Movie Poster (measures 27" x 41") (Learn More) Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo, the classic 1958 Alfred Hitchcock San Francisco California suspense obsessive love crime mystery thriller ("Alfred Hitchcock's Masterpiece"; "Based upon the novel D'Entre Les Morts by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac"; "Music by Bernard Herrmann"; about a man with a fear of heights who is caught up in a murder, or is he?, and he meets a woman who looks very similar to the "dead girl", and he becomes obsessed with solving the mystery) starring James Stewart (Jimmy Stewart), Kim Novak (in a dual role), Barbara Bel Geddes, Tom Helmore, and Henry Jones. Note that John Whitney Sr. (who did the spiral title sequence for the movie) also did the spiral art for the posters from this movie, which was utilized by the poster artist Saul Bass. Also note that Alfred Hitchcock did not make a final decision on what to name this movie until the last minute! At various times, it had working titles of Darkling I Listen, Fear and Trembling, From Among the Dead, and Illicit Darkening. Many of the early advertising stills don't have a title at all, but say "An Alfred Hitchcock Production". Personally, we think "Vertigo" is a better title than any of those other four! Finally, note that critical acclaim for this movie has consistently risen in the years since it was first released. In fact, in the 2012 "Sight and Sound" poll of top movie critics, Vertigo was declared to be the number one film of all time, over Citizen Kane, and every other masterpiece! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Condition: good to very good. The poster would be "very good to fine", were it not for staple holes in the four corners and a pair of staple holes in the exact center of the poster. The staples were roughly removed resulting tiny paper loss in each of the four corners and five very tiny areas of paper loss in the exact center of the poster. Other than these holes, there is a bit of very light smudges around the edges of the poster and along the foldlines. There are a few light brown water stains on the back of the bottom of the vertical foldline, but they do not affect the front. Overall, I think the poster is really quite nice and that the defects are relatively minor. This type of poster responds well to linenbacking. After restoration, the poster would look great, and it wouldn't have a lot of paint anywhere on it (aside from the tiny paint needed for the tiny holes at the center and the small paper loss in the corners, there would be no paint at all!). Learn More about condition grades 
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