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Auction History Result e118 CLEOPATRA linen French one-panel movie poster '64 Liz Taylor, Burton Date Sold 12/5/2006Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked French One-Panel Movie Poster (measures 47 1/2" x 62 3/4"; known as a 'grande' poster in France) (Learn More) Joseph Mankiewicz's Cleopatra, the 1963 (while it was in limited released in the U.S. in 1963, it did not go into general release in the U.S. until 1964, so the posters all have 1964 dating on them) Joseph L. Mankiewicz English/Swiss/U.S. Egypt historical romantic pseudo-biography epic ("The No1 of all time"; "See Cleopatra triumphant entry into Rome!"; "See the thrilling battle of Actium!"; "See the brutal assassination of Caesar!"; "See the love affairs that destroyed an empire!"; "See the victorious Roman army occupy Cleopatra's Empire"; nominated for the Best Picture Academy Award; based on the novel by Carlo Mario Franzero) starring Elizabeth Taylor (in the title role as Cleopatra), Richard Burton ("as Mark Antony"), Rex Harrison (nominated for the Best Actor Academy Award for this film; "as Julius Caesar"), Pamela Brown, George Cole, Hume Cronyn, Cesare Danova, Kenneth Haigh (as Brutus), Roddy McDowall (as Octavian), Loris Loddi, and Francesca Annis. Note that this epic production created epic problems for 20th Century-Fox! Huge salaries and many production delays caused the budget for the movie to soar to then record heights, and it almost bankrupted the studio! Initially, Peter Finch was cast as Julius Caesar and Stephen Boyd as "Mark Antony", and this trade ad, which was released at the very start of production, has them billed under Elizabeth Taylor. But during filming in England, she became ill, and production had to be halted, since she was in virtually every scene of the movie. Director Rouben Mamoulian quit to work on another project, and so did Peter Finch and Stephen Boyd, who had to quit due to prior commitments for other movies, and they were of course replaced by Rex Harrison and Richard Burton. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Artist: Howard Terpning Important Added Info: Note that this French one-panel measures 47 1/2" x 62 3/4". Condition: very good. The poster had tiny paper loss at some crossfolds and creases, smudges, and tiny tears on some foldlines. There were some creases, smudges, tiny tears, and tiny areas of paper loss in the blank borders. Overall, the poster was in very good condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was well backed. At some point after it was backed, it was slightly roughly handled and there are some creases in the excess linen down the right side of the poster, and a crease in the extreme right of the center foldline of the poster that is 3" long and extends into both the linen and the right 2" of the blank white area. Learn More about condition grades 
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