eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 4j081 THIRD MAN style A 1/2sh 1949 Orson Welles & Carol Reed classic film noir, Cotten, Valli, ultra rare! Date Sold 3/5/2019Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Folded Style A Half-Sheet Movie Poster (1/2sh; measures 22" x 28" [56 x 71 cm]) (Learn More) The Third Man (also released as "The 3rd Man"), the classic 1949 Carol Reed (nominated for the Best Director Academy Award for this film) English Vienna Austria crime film noir murder mystery mistaken identity thriller ("Cats loved him... And so did Women!"; "What a chase he led them!"; "He'll put you in a dither with his Zither"; based on a story "by Graham Greene"; "Hunted by men... Sought by women!"; "Presented by Alexander Korda and David O. Selznick"; about a man going to visit his old friend in post-War Vienna, and when he gets there, he discovers that the friend is dead, or is he?) starring Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli (billed as "Valli"), Orson Welles (even though Welles only appears in a small portion of the movie, he dominates it!), Trevor Howard, Bernard Lee, Paul Horbiger, and Hedwig Bleibtreu. Note that the musical score for this movie was by Austrian zither musician Anton Karas, and it was so memorable that they even made a tagline about it ("He'll put you in a dither with his Zither"). Also note that this was intended to be the first of several movies with producers David Selznick and Alexander Korda, but the men clashed frequently during the making of the movie, and they never worked together again. Also note that Orson Welles clashed with director Carol Reed, and reportedly, he wrote much of his character's dialog in the movie, and made other contributions to the script that likely drove Reed crazy! 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 style A half-sheet is extremely rare! We have only previously auctioned one example of it, and that was 12 years ago, when it sold for $616! Also note that the style B half-sheet does not show Orson Welles, while this style A does! Note that this poster is from the very first U.S. release in 1949! There are undated early 1950s re-release half-sheets that are sometimes unintentionally sold as originals, but this poster has the 1949 NSS information, and is definitely from the first U.S. release! Note that this poster was folded at one time, and while it could be sent rolled in a tube, we don't want to do that, because it might cause creases or separation on the folds. Therefore, we would much prefer to send it either in a large flat package or refold it and send it in a regular flat package, because we don't believe that refolding it will hurt the poster at all. But we will send it any of these three way that the new owner wants! Condition: good. The poster has small separation at the crossfold and someone put a piece of tape on the back of that area. It has smudges, tape stains, and creases around the edges, with some paper loss in the right blank border, and a stain in the center of the right blank border. It has some creases along the folds and some faint creases and scuffs within the image. Learn More about condition grades
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