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Auction History Result c062 LEOPARD MAN three-sheet movie poster R52 Jacques Tourneur, Val Lewton Date Sold 11/21/2006Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. A 1952 Re-release Vintage Theatrical Folded Three-Sheet Movie Poster (measures 41" x 81") (Learn More) The Leopard Man, the 1943 Jacques Tourneur wild-animal-on-the-loose murder mystery crime thriller ("Women alone the victims of strange, savage killer!"; "You'll gasp with amazement!"; "Thrill-Killer of Women and Girls!"; "You'll be astounded to learn that such things can happen!"; "Death striking from the dark with ripping fury!...Was it man or beast that tore to shreds victim after victim - striking only at defenseless beauty? ...Know the truth about these murders-for-a-thrill!"; "Produced by Val Lewton"; based on the novel 'Black Alibi' by Cornell Woolrich; as in "Cat People", Lewton and Tourneur did not have money for much make-up or special effects, so the posters for this movie promise much more than the film actually delivered in terms of a monster, but the movie works quite well on its own terms!) starring Dennis O'Keefe, Margo, Jean Brooks, Isabel Jewell, James Bell, Ben Bard, Abner Biberman, and Margaret Landry. A knowledgeable collector tells us that this may be the first film to use the desert of the American Southwest as a setting for a horror film. 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 was folded at one time but has been laying flat for a long time and will be sent rolled in a tube. This three-sheet was printed in 2 sections. Condition: good. Someone long ago taped the two sections of the poster together, and also put clear tape on the back of all the foldlines and on the back of some tears, putting small pieces of paper under the clear tape to "fill in" tiny paper loss at some crossfolds, and tiny areas of paper loss on some foldlines, and to fill in some larger pinholes (and then they used some colored pencils to do amateur "restoration" to the front of the poster). Some of the tape has bled through to the front over the years. The poster has been stored rolled for decades, and because of all the tape on the back, it could not be folded. Certainly, this poster can be linenbacked, but it will require taking off all the tape off the back first, which will be a big job. I would think many collectors could just put this poster up on the wall just as it is, and enjoy it, flaws and all! This week we have given a more detailed overall condition grade along with more details about the condition described in words. Of course, we could not describe every single defect, plus there are some defects (like creasing, tape on the back, extremely tiny pinholes, etc) which can be VERY difficult to see, even in our largest "super-sized" image. Therefore we strongly recommend that you BOTH read our written description of the item, AND ALSO look at our super-sized image to see the extent of the defects that we describe and to examine the poster for minor defects that we did NOT describe. Learn More about condition grades 
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