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Auction History Result 9m0005 PRODIGAL linen 6sh 1955 incredible art of Biblical Lana Turner & Edmond Purdom, ultra rare! Date Sold 8/8/2021 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked Six-Sheet Movie Poster (6sh; measures 81" x 81" [206 x 206 cm]) (Learn More) The Prodigal, the 1955 Richard Thorpe religious Biblical romantic fantasy adventure melodrama ("Two Years In the Making! A Fortune to Produce!"; "The story of Woman's Beauty and Man's Temptation!"; "MGM's magnificent Cinemascope and Color Spectacle!"; "Adaptation From The Bible Story by Joe Breen Jr. and Samuel James Larsen"; an attempt to explain what happened to the Jewish son in Jesus' parable of the prodigal son, between the time when he left his father and returned penniless; the writers invented a story of him falling for a beautiful pagan priestess, who deceives him) starring Lana Turner (as Samarra), Edmund Purdom (as Micah), Louis Calhern, Audrey Dalton, James Mitchell, Neville Brand, Walter Hampden, Taina Elg, Francis L. Sullivan, Joseph Wiseman, and Sandy Descher (billed as "Sandra Descher") 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 we have only previously auctioned one example of this six-sheet, and that was 14 years ago, and we believe this is the same poster that has been reconsigned (after it was linenbacked) after all these years, so it is still the only example we have ever auctioned! What IS linenbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: very good. The poster had small paper loss at some crossfolds and some creases, tears, and tiny paper loss on parts of some folds. Overall, the poster was in very good condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was nicely backed, and displays well! Learn More about condition grades 
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