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Auction History Result 1k517 GREED Japanese 14x31 '25 Erich von Stroheim's image dominates this poster! Date Sold 4/12/2011 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Unfolded Japanese Movie Poster (measures 14 1/4" x 30 3/4" [36 x 78 cm]) (Learn More) Greed, the classic 1925 Erich von Stroheim silent quest-for-money-and-what-it-does-to-people melodrama (about the sudden fortune won from a lottery that fans such destructive greed that it ruins the lives of the three people involved; "From the famous novel 'McTeague' by Frank Norris"; "Screen adaptation and scenario by Erich von Stroheim and June Mathis") starring Gibson Gowland, Zasu Pitts, Jean Hersholt, Chester Conklin, and Sylvia Ashton. Note that the movie was filmed in 1923 but problems with editing the film to a manageable length delayed it's premier until December 1924 and the general release to January 1925! Also note that, sadly, much of the film is completely lost, but amazingly, dedicated fans reconstructed a 239 minute version of the movie in 1999, using still photographs to fill in the many missing sections! 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 virtually NO posters survive from Japan before World War II! Likely this is because of paper shortages during the war, similar to what existed in several European countries. Finding ANY pre-World War II Japanese posters is extremely rare; to find one from a major movie like this one is even more rare! Also note that this really cool Japanese 14" x 31" poster was designed to be hung like a banner and has a metal rod attached to the back along the top edge! Condition: poor to fair. There is paper loss in the lower left corner and there is much tattering around the edges. There are smudges throughout the poster and there is staining in the text area at bottom. Obviously, this rare and historic poster has a great number of defects, but certainly, a talented restorer can repair all of them and make the poster look great. But please do not bid on this poster unless you can accept its defects described above or are willing to pay to have them properly restored! Learn More about condition grades 
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