eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 3p0655 LOST WEEKEND insert 1945 classic Billy Wilder, alcoholic Ray Milland, Jane Wyman, ultra-rare! Date Sold 3/3/2020Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Folded Insert Movie Poster (measures 14" x 36" [36 x 91 cm]) (Learn More) The Lost Weekend, the classic 1945 Billy Wilder (winner of the Best Director Academy Award for this film) family relationship romantic alcoholism alcoholic drinking melodrama ("The screen dares to open the strange and savage pages of a shocking best-seller!"; "Paramount's Sensation"; "From the Novel by Charles Jackson"; "Screen play by Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder"; winner of the Best Picture Academy Award; about a man's difficult fight against alcoholism, and the movie focuses on a specific four day period in his life, where he desperately tries to remain sober with the help of his long suffering girlfriend and brother) starring Ray Milland (winner of the Best Actor Academy Award for this film), Jane Wyman, Phillip Terry, Howard da Silva, Doris Dowling, and Frank Faylen. Note that this was one of Hollywood's first realistic looks at alcoholism that was not heavy handed and one-dimensional, and it has not really dated at all, and it remains a very powerful movie, with great writing, acting, cinematography, and direction. 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 an extremely rare poster. We have only auctioned one in all our years of auctioning and the last time was in 2007, and it sold for $405! 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. Condition: good. There are two pieces of yellowed tape in the bottom border. There is surface paper loss near the top of the left and right borders where tape was roughly removed. There are smudges and scuff marks scattered throughout the poster. This extremely rare poster is certainly very "restorable", or it could be displayed as it is. Learn More about condition grades
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