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4h050 SPARTACUS linen British quad 1961 Kubrick, Brown art of stars on gold coins + Saul Bass art!

Date Sold 3/3/2019
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An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked British Quad Movie Poster (BQ; Quad Crown; measures 30" x 40" [76 x 102 cm]) (Learn More)

Spartacus, the classic 1960 Stanley Kubrick sword-and-sandal Ancient Wars gladiator sports action adventure epic ("Winner of 4 Academy Awards!"; "They trained him to kill for their pleasure... But they trained him a little too well..."; "A mighty motion picture!"; "Based on the novel by Howard Fast"; written by Dalton Trumbo) starring Kirk Douglas (in the title role as Spartacus), Laurence Olivier (as Crassus, who liked both oysters and snails, or was it truffles and artichokes?), Jean Simmons, Charles Laughton (as Gracchus), Peter Ustinov (winner of the Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for this film), Woody Strode (as Draba), Tony Curtis ("as Antoninus"), John Gavin (as Julius Caesar), Charles McGraw (as the gladiator trainer), and Herbert Lom. Note that Kirk Douglas was the producer of this movie and originally Anthony Mann was directing. But three weeks into filming, Douglas fired Mann and replaced him with Stanley Kubrick, who then fired Sabine Bethmann, who had been the female lead, and replaced her with Jean Simmons! Also note that Dalton Trumbo had been blacklisted during the HUAAC hearings in the early 1950s, and he was still blacklisted at this time, so he was not going to receive screen credit. Kubrick heard this and wanted to be given the screenwriter credit (since someone had to be credited), but producer Douglas courageously insisted on Trumbo receiving the credit on screen, which effectively ended the blacklist!
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Artist: Reynold Brown & Saul Bass
Important Added Info: Note that there are two very similar British quads for this classic movie that are both from the first release. One was printed by Charles & Read, and those were used in London, while the other was printed by Tintern Press (TP), and those were used outside London. This occurred with other movies in the 1950s and 1960s, and sometimes the quads have some significant differences, but in this case, the main difference is the tiny printer information at the bottom! This auction is for the quad that was printed by TP.

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Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: fair to good. The poster had a partial extra crease at a slight diagonal below the right end of the middle fold. It had tiny paper loss at the crossfolds and some creases and tiny bits of paper loss on parts of some folds. There was some writing in the bottom center below the Universal credit in the red background area. Overall, the poster was in good condition prior to linenbacking. The person who backed the poster did a pretty good job, except they painted over the writing at bottom center, and it is definitely noticeable, and the other restoration is also noticeable. Also, after the poster was backed, it acquired paper loss in the right of the top border that extends into the top of the border design. The poster was backed with only slight excess linen around the edges. Please do not bid on this poster unless you can accept its restoration and its defects, and have looked closely at our super-sized image.
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