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SIGN OF THE CROSS ('32) SIGN OF THE CROSS ('32) Aust daybill OR search current auctions Auction History Result 8r921 SIGN OF THE CROSS Aust daybill R44 Cecil B. DeMille, great Richardson Studio stone litho! Date Sold 7/9/2015 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. A 1944 Re-Release Theatrical Folded Australian Daybill Movie Poster (db; measures 13 1/4" x 29 3/4" [34 x 76 cm]) (Learn More) Cecil B. DeMille's The Sign of the Cross, the classic 1932 Cecil B. DeMille early Christians-vs-Romans religious romantic love triangle action adventure epic ("A picture which will proudly lead all the entertainments the world has ever seen"; "Superb road-show dramatic spectacle"; "The First Big Spectacle of Talking Pictures"; "From the play by Wilson Barrett") starring Fredric March (as Marcus Superbus), Elissa Landi, Claudette Colbert (as Empress Poppaea), Charles Laughton (as Emperor Nero), Ian Keith, Tommy Conlon, Vivian Tobin, and a "Cast of Thousands" NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Artist: Richardson Studio Important Added Info: Note that Paramount re-released this movie in 1944. In order to make it more relevant to World War II (WWII) audiences, DeMille shot a new "prologue" that took place aboard a fighter plane, where the men on board get into a conversation about religious tolerance, and then one launches into a story of the early Christians and their persecution, and then the 1932 movie is shown, as if in a flashback! Curiously, the movie ends without an epilogue, and the entire "prologue" feels very pasted on and superfluous. The advertising for the 1944 version looks very similar to that of the 1932 version, but the words "Modernized Production" are added. Condition: fair. The entire poster has darkened and has some scattered creases and stains. There is paper loss scattered across the top crossfold and some other small areas of paper loss scattered in the poster. Please look closely at our super-sized image and consider the cost of restoration before placing a bid on this poster. Learn More about condition grades 
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