eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 7h408 SWORD IN THE DESERT 14 8x10 stills '49 Dana Andrews, Marta Toren, Stephen McNally! Date Sold 4/20/2014Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. 14 Original Vintage Theatrical 8" x 10" [20 x 25 cm] Movie Stills (Learn More) Sword in the Desert, the 1949 George Sherman England Middle-East Palestine Israel War of Independence melodrama ("Their story is written in the burning sands and bullets sing the fame of their deeds!"; about an American freighter captain who smuggles Jewish refugees into Palestine just before the 1948-49 War of Independence; the producers tried to be very even handed and not favor either side, and this is surely one of the very first movies made after the creation of Israel about this subject, because the war ended in March of 1949 and this movie was released in August of 1949) starring Dana Andrews, Marta Toren, Stephen McNally, Jeff Chandler (in his third credited movie role!), Philip Friend, Hugh French, and Liam Redmond. Note that Jeff Chandler was Jewish and had been born Ira Grossel. He never hid his Jewish heritage, and he was very proud to appear in this movie, and it was the only character he ever played who was explicitly Jewish (he played one of the refugees). NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: SUPER IMPORTANT! THOUGH ONLY EIGHT OF THE STILLS ARE PICTURED, THE HIGH BIDDER ON THIS LOT WILL RECEIVE 14 STILLS FROM THIS MOVIE (but realize that on some of these lots with 9 or more stills there may be a few duplicates, mostly on post-1960 lots)! We realize there is an element of gambling to this, but we made only a small effort to find the best stills in these lots, and, if you have any willingness to gamble at all, you may find that you get some great stills that were not pictured! Please do NOT bid on this lot unless you can accept that you are only seeing eight of the stills. Condition: very good. Learn More about condition grades
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