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Auction History Result 8h001 BLUE DAHLIA 1sh '46 close up art of smoking Alan Ladd, sexy Veronica Lake, William Bendix Date Sold 11/10/2009 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Folded Style A One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 27" x 41") (Learn More) The Blue Dahlia, the classic 1946 George Marshall romantic crime murder film noir ("Double Dame Trouble! Double-Barreled Action!"; "Double-dame trouble on his hands... and a murder mob at his throat!"; "One's out to frame him... the other to tame him!"; "With 3 famous 'finds' from 'The Lost Weekend'"; "Written by Raymond Chandler"; "Produced by John Houseman"; Ladd is a veteran just back from the war who finds his wife having an affair, and she is murdered, and he is naturally the lead suspect; he gets the ex-wife of his wife's new lover, played by Lake, to help him, and together they solve the crime) starring Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, William Bendix, Howard da Silva, Doris Dowling, Frank Faylen, Tom Powers, Vera Marshe, Hugh Beaumont, and Walter Sande. Note that while many of Raymond Chandler's works were adapted to movies, this was the only one that Chandler wrote directly as a movie! Also note that by 1946, Alan Ladd had become a very top star, so on the advertising for this movie, his image dominates the posters, with Veronica Lake in the background, whereas when "This Gun For Hire" was released 4 years earlier, Ladd was pretty unknown, and Lake dominates the advertising for that movie (although Ladd does appear on the posters)! Also, note that a year after this film was released, a woman was murdered and newspapers dubbed it "The Black Dahlia" case in a morbid twist on this film's title. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Condition: good. The poster has some brown water stains scattered primarily in three areas. There is a large blob of staining in the left of the "B" of "BLUE" in the title and some scattered smaller stains in the area around that. There are some very light water stains in the right of the title and credits area. There are brown water stains to the left of Ladd's eye and scattered down his cheek beneath that (please see our super-sized image to see the exact location of the water staining). Other than this staining, there are pin holes around the edges of the poster and some tiny tears scattered down the vertical foldline with a few on the horizontal folds. Someone put a small piece of clear tape on the back of the bottom two crossfolds and on the back of the bottom of the vertical fold, but otherwise no one has ever tried to restore the poster in any way. Certainly, a talented restorer can likely either remove or lighten the brown water stains through chemical means, and after proper linenbacking and restoration the poster will only have paint restoration in the exact areas described above, and the poster will look fantastic! Learn More about condition grades 
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