eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result B265 GHOST SHIP linen one-sheet movie poster 1943 Richard Dix Date Sold 3/16/2004Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Theatrical Linenbacked Style A One-Sheet Movie Poster (27" x 41") (Learn More) The Ghost Ship, the 1943 Mark Robson high seas murder mystery horror thriller ("Story by Leo Mittler"; produced by Val Lewton) starring Richard Dix, Russell Wade, Edith Barrett, Ben Bard, Edmund Glover, Skelton Knaggs (who played a mute but his character narrates the film with an internal voice-over monologue), Lawrence Tierney (uncredited in his third movie role!), and Dewey Robinson. Note that shortly after its theatrical release, producer Val Lewton was sued for plagiarism by a man who said he had sent a script with the same plot to Lewton. Lewton could have settled out of court, but he claimed he never even opened the script, and he decided to fight the case. That proved to be a massive error, because the court ruled against Lewton and The Ghost Ship was withdrawn from circulation, and was unavailable for viewing for the next 50 years, and when it was finally made available, it was ruled to be public domain, so Lewton never received any financial reward from it. 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 this poster has an NSS number of "49/398" in the lower right corner. Because there are few examples of posters where the original copyright was left, but the NSS number was updated when the movie was re-released, people long assumed that this poster had the same situation, and that it was a 1949 re-release. But because NO ONE has ever seen a "Ghost Ship" one-sheet with a 1943 NSS number, and therefore the consensus opinion of all experts is that the 1949 NSS number is a misprint! THEREFORE, THE POSTER WE ARE SELLING SEEMS TO SURELY BE AN ORIGINAL FIRST RELEASE 1943 GHOST SHIP, NOT a re-release. Please do not bid on this poster thinking it is a 1949 re-release, as longtime dealers and collectors believe it to be a 1943 first release one-sheet! Condition: very good. This poster was well restored, but you can see signs of the restoration from inches away (since most people look at posters framed on a wall from at least a few feet away, we don't feel this is a defect, but we feel it should be noted). See below for this poster's pre-restoration condition (we are the only major auction company we know of that shares this information with our bidders, but we wish everyone did!). good. Much of the bottom border was tattered and the restorer painted over much of it (and also the bottom of the left and right borders), but they left the small writing at bottom. There were pinholes, creases, smudges, and tears around the edges of the poster, as well as holes at the crossfolds and some fold wear. There was a long diagonal crease running down the left of the poster. Learn More about condition grades
Postal Mailing Address:
Bruce Hershenson, P.O. Box 874, West Plains, MO 65775. (For our UPS or FedEx address, click here) phone: +1 417 256-9616 fax: +1 417 257-6948 E-mail: Contact Us Hours of Operation: Monday - Friday 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM & 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM (CDT) |
|||||||||||||
Copyright Notice:
©1998-2024 Bruce Hershenson. All rights reserved.
All materials contained in this document are protected by United States copyright law and may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, displayed, published or broadcast without the prior written permission of Bruce Hershenson. You may not alter or remove any trademark, copyright or other notice from copies of the content. However, you may download or print material from this Web site for your personal, non-commercial use only. |