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Auction History Result j546 VERTIGO insert movie poster '58 James Stewart, Kim Novak Date Sold 9/5/2006Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Folded Insert Movie Poster (measures 14" x 36") (Learn More) Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo, the classic 1958 Alfred Hitchcock San Francisco California suspense obsessive love crime mystery thriller ("Alfred Hitchcock's Masterpiece"; "Based upon the novel D'Entre Les Morts by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac"; "Music by Bernard Herrmann"; about a man with a fear of heights who is caught up in a murder, or is he?, and he meets a woman who looks very similar to the "dead girl", and he becomes obsessed with solving the mystery) starring James Stewart (Jimmy Stewart), Kim Novak (in a dual role), Barbara Bel Geddes, Tom Helmore, and Henry Jones. Note that John Whitney Sr. (who did the spiral title sequence for the movie) also did the spiral art for the posters from this movie, which was utilized by the poster artist Saul Bass. Also note that Alfred Hitchcock did not make a final decision on what to name this movie until the last minute! At various times, it had working titles of Darkling I Listen, Fear and Trembling, From Among the Dead, and Illicit Darkening. Many of the early advertising stills don't have a title at all, but say "An Alfred Hitchcock Production". Personally, we think "Vertigo" is a better title than any of those other four! Finally, note that critical acclaim for this movie has consistently risen in the years since it was first released. In fact, in the 2012 "Sight and Sound" poll of top movie critics, Vertigo was declared to be the number one film of all time, over Citizen Kane, and every other masterpiece! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Artist: Saul Bass Important Added Info: Most collectors don't realize that Saul Bass did many different designs for this classic movie! All look very similar, with the classic swirl, but the two figures are different on each of the posters! Also note that this poster was machine folded at one time but has been laying flat for a long time and will be sent rolled in a tube. Condition: good. There was a 1" x 7" area of surface paper loss in the bottom right of the image and bottom blank border (apparently, tape was roughly removed from that area). Someone placed paper tape on the back of that area (to straighten it), and then used some colored pencils to somewhat fill in the missing part of the image area (it was done crudely). There are tape stains in the left and right of the top border, extending into the orange area, and there was paper loss at the bottom of the left tape stain, and someone crudely colored that in. The poster was folded in thirds and there is a fine line of surface paper loss across the bottom foldline and some tiny surface paper loss in the right of the top foldline. There are some extra creases on the top foldline. There are staple holes in the borders. Obviously, this great poster has significant defects, but it is also true that a talented restorer could surely paperback the poster, restore the above defects, and afterwards, the poster will look great (and there will be virtually no paint restoration in the great Saul Bass artwork at the top of the poster)! Learn More about condition grades 
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