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Auction History Result 2z594 DR. NO 1sh '63 Sean Connery is the most extraordinary gentleman spy, first James Bond 007! Date Sold 12/8/2016 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original 1963 Vintage Theatrical Folded One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 27" x 41" [69 x 104 cm]) (Learn More) Ian Fleming's Dr. No, the classic 1962 (released in England in October 1962 and first released in the U.S. in May 1963) Terence Young English James Bond 007 secret agent spy espionage romantic fantasy action adventure thriller ("Now... Meet the most extraordinary gentleman spy in All fiction........ James Bond Agent 007...!"; "The first James Bond film adventure!"; "James Bond, his code 007"; "The double '0' means he has a license to kill when he chooses... Where he chooses... Whom he chooses!"; "He developed the technique of love to an art... the art of murder to a science"; "Now he is a flesh and blood experience on the screen!"; based on the novels by Ian Fleming) starring Sean Connery ("as James Bond"), Ursula Andress (as Honey Ryder), Joseph Wiseman (in the title role "as Dr. No"), Jack Lord, Bernard Lee (as M), John Kitzmiller, Eunice Gayson, Lois Maxwell (as Miss Moneypenny), Reggie Carter, Zena Marshall (as Miss Taro), Marthe Keller, Anthony Dawson, Yvonne Shima, and Michel Mok. Note that John Kitzmiller was a black African American who served in Italy in World War II, and he decided to stay there after the war, and he appeared in around 50 Italian movies! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Artist: Joseph Caroff & Mitchell Hooks Important Added Info: Note that there are two different (yet very similar) first release one-sheets for Dr. No, the first James Bond! One of them has a litho number of 62-2004, and that one looks incredibly like the other one, except the colors in the poster are slightly darker, and the biggest difference is that the smoke from Connery's gun is colored a yellow that matches the girl's leg (so that it is hard to realize it is smoke). The other one-sheet has a litho number of 62-2238, and the colors are clearly lighter, and the smoke from the gun has been changed to be white, so that it does NOT blend into the girl's leg! The only logical explanation for this is that the poster with the lower litho number was printed first, and then someone connected with the movie noticed that the smoke was not very visible, and they asked them to create a new one-sheet with different coloring so that the smoke would be more visible (and likely, at that time, they also asked them to lighten the colors, for whatever reason). The poster offered here is the "white smoke" version! Note that all but 28 of the folded one-sheets in this Part I of eMoviePoster.com's December Major Auction were consigned to us by legendary French dealer/collector Dominique Besson. Dominique Besson started collecting movie posters in 1981, and became a dealer in French and European posters in 1994, and has remained as a top dealer ever since! But in addition, 30 years ago, Dominique began collecting U.S. one-sheets, first those with Saul Bass art, and then adding Alfred Hitchcock posters, then Humphrey Bogart, and he finally ended up collecting in an amazing total of 47 different categories, purchasing the posters from all over the world! Now the time has come to sell this wonderful collection, and Dominique has chosen eMoviePoster.com to do so, through our auctions! As noted above, all but 28 of the folded one-sheets in this Part I come from this more remarkable collection (the 28 that do not were consigned to us by other collectors, and are clearly marked). This is not all of the Dominique Besson collection we are auctioning. In addition, there are approximately 200 more folded one-sheets that will be in Part IV of this special auction (ones from the 1970s to present), and there are approximately 100 unfolded one-sheets that will be in Part III (including many great ones). This is a very rare opportunity to purchase folded one-sheets (all of which have had no professional restoration) from one of the greatest one-sheet collections assembled! Note that this one-sheet is from the category that Dominique Besson collected on that he labeled "James Bond". Condition: very good. The poster was lightly folded in half an extra time, resulting in two partial extra vertical folds, but they are pretty light and mostly only visible in the white background areas. Otherwise, the poster is in nice condition! Learn More about condition grades 
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