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Auction History Result 9g311 WHERE EAGLES DARE 30x40 '68 Clint Eastwood, Richard Burton, cool Frank McCarthy art, rare! Date Sold 8/18/2016 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Paperbacked Thirty by Forty Movie Poster (30x40; measures 30" x 40" [76 x 102 cm]) (Learn More) Where Eagles Dare (released in some other countries as "Where the Eagles Dare"), the 1969 Brian G. Hutton English/U.S. World War II (WWII) military spy espionage action thriller ("One weekend Major Smith, Lieutenant Schaffer, and a beautiful blonde named Mary decided to win World War II."; "They must do what no army can do... go where no army can go... penetrate the 'Castle of the Eagle', nerve-center of the Gestapo, and blow it up!"; "These people work for the military. First they're going to get the enemy... Then they're going after the brass that sent them."; "A mission that can't succeed... But dare not fail! They must storm the Gestapo fortress and reach the Allied captive who knows the D-Day invasion plans. If they survive... Only then does their adventure begin!"; "They look like Nazis but... The Major is British... The Lieutenant is American... The Beautiful Frauleins are Allied Agents!"; "The Major is British... the Lieutenant is American. They're out to win World War II this weekend... or die trying."; "Their mission: penetrate the dread 'Castle of the Eagle,' the Gestapo nerve-center... and blow it up! Not bad for a weekend's work in Bavaria!"; "Alistair MacLean's epic adventure story of a wartime mission that cannot succeed - but dare not fail..."; "They dare to climb a terrifying new peak in suspense...all the way up to hell!"; "They must go all the way up to hell!"; "A handful of heroes must do what no army can do... storm an impregnable Nazi fortress... and rescue -or silence- a captive allied general who knows the secret plans for the D-Day invasion of Europe!"; "They must go all the way up to hell! They must storm the Gestapo fortress and reach the Allied captive who knows the D-Day invasion plans. If they survive.. only then does their adventure begin!"; based on the novel by Alistair MacLean) starring Richard Burton, Clint Eastwood, Mary Ure, Patrick Wymark, Michael Horden, and Ingrid Pitt NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Artist: Frank McCarthy Important Added Info: When studios made 30x40 posters in the 1960s, they often used the exact same printing plates from the one-sheet (to conserve money!). But since one-sheets are 41" high and these posters are 40" high, this meant that there were an extra wide border on the left and right. To minimize that space, they would put the image almost all the way to the edges of the top and bottom of the 40" poster, which often resulted in a tiny top border, and a tiny bottom border, which sometimes had NSS information that was partially "cut off". If this is true of a 30x40 poster (and it is in this case), then it is true of all examples of that poster, and it is NOT a defect, because it is how the poster was made! Finally, note that this is only the second time that we have ever auctioned this poster, and the first time we auctioned it, it auctioned for $454! Also note that the poster was backed onto a thin paper backing (but it must be rolled with the image outward because that is the best way to roll paperbacked posters). What is paperbacking? This means the poster was backed onto a light paper backing (acid-free), that is similar in feel to that of the original poster (it means that the poster must be handled carefully, as the backing does not give it much added strength, but it is similar to having an unrestored poster, and yet it has been properly preserved). It is a similar process to linenbacking, except that most collectors use linenbacking for one-sheets and paperbacking for half-sheets, inserts, window cards. What IS paperbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: very good. Prior to paperbacking, the poster was never folded. It had a small tear in the right blank border and very minor wear in the rest of the borders. There is incomplete NSS information in the bottom border, but this is how the poster was created (see above). Overall, the poster was in very good condition prior to paperbacking. The poster was nicely backed, and displays well! Learn More about condition grades 
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