eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 6t269 SCHOOL FOR SCOUNDRELS linen English 1sh 1960 Alastair Sim, Terry-Thomas, sexy art, ultra rare! Date Sold 6/11/2019Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked English One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 27" x 40" [69 x 102 cm]) (Learn More) School for Scoundrels ("or How to win without actually CHEATING!"), the 1960 Robert Hamer English black comedy ("Learn to gain weight by LOOSING scruples!"; "Based on the novels by Stephen Potter"; adapted for the screen by actor Peter Ustinov; about a decent young man who feels he always loses out to other men with low morals, until he enrolls in the College of Lifemanship, which teaches its students how to be corrupt, how to seduce women, and how to get ahead at any cost) starring Ian Carmichael, Terry-Thomas, Janette Scott, Alastair Sim, and Denis Price. Note that Janette Scott is best remembered for her starring role in "Day of the Triffids" in 1963, which was immortalized in the lyrics of the song from "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" that says "And I really got hot When I saw Janette Scott fight a triffid that spits poison and kills." She divorced her first husband and married Mel Torme in 1966, which pretty much ended her career, as she quickly had two children. 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 is a "country of origin" poster for this English movie! Also note that first release 1960 English movie paper from this English movie is incredibly rare. We have never auctioned even a single English movie paper item from this movie until we received this English one-sheet! What IS linenbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: good to very good. The poster had tiny paper loss at the crossfolds and an extra partial horizontal fold just above the regular top and bottom ones, with some tiny bits of paper loss and tiny tears on parts of the folds. There was some faint staining in the right half of the bottom horizontal fold. Overall, the poster was in good to very good condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was pretty well backed, but you can see signs of the above defects and the restoration of the above defects. Learn More about condition grades
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