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Auction History Result d039 ALAMO linen French one-panel movie poster '60 John Wayne, Soubie art, rare Todd-AO! Date Sold 10/18/2007Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked French One-Panel Movie Poster (measures 47" x 63"; known as a 'grande' poster in France) (Learn More) The Alamo, the 1960 John Wayne Texas War of Independence cowboy western ("The screen's 12 million dollar spectacle! thousands in the cast! years in the making!"; "It took years to make... it cost $12,000,000 ...it will be remembered forever!"; "The mission that became a fortress... The fortress that became a shrine..."; "Mammoth thousands upon thousands in the cast!... 12 million dollars poured into its filming ...years in the making!"; "You'll Remember The Vast Armies Avalanching Across Mountain And Plain! You'll Remember The Awesome Siege of the Cannon! You'll Remember The Stand Of The 156 Men Against 7,000! You'll Remember Davy Crockett Standing On the Ramparts! You'll Remember The Daring Raid Into the Heart Of The Enemy Camp! You'll Remember The Unsung Exploit Of The Midnight Courier! You'll Remember The Charge of the Scarlet Plumes!"; nominated for the Best Picture Academy Award) starring John Wayne ("as Colonel David Crockett", better known as Davy Crockett), Richard Widmark ("as Colonel James Bowie"), Laurence Harvey ("as Colonel Wm. Barret Travis"), Frankie Avalon, Patrick Wayne, Linda Cristal, Joan O'Brien, Chill Wills (nominated for the Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for this film), Joseph Calleia, and Richard Boone (billed as "Guest Star Richard Boone"). Note that this movie was first announced by Republic Pictures in 1950, starring John Wayne, but for various reasons, the movie was never made at that time. Finally, Wayne was able to get it made (with himself as the director) a full decade later! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Artist: Roger Soubie Important Added Info: Note that this is the very rare poster for the original release of this movie, which was in "Todd-AO" format. Certainly, very few theaters showed this movie that way and it is likely that few posters were printed with the Todd-AO on it, and likely very few survive (they are far more rare than posters from the "general" release that did not have "Todd-AO")! Condition: very good. The poster had creases, a few small tears, and some separation on parts of some foldlines, and tiny paper loss at a few crossfolds and some minor border wear. There was a snipe placed over the "en TODD-AO" logo at bottom left (obviously, because the poster was used at a theater that did not use this process), and there is slight discoloration in that area from when the snipe was removed. Overall, the poster was in very good condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was well backed, and looks great! At some point after the poster was backed, it was roughly handled and there are now some creases in the right edge of the linen, but the creases are solely in the excess linen to the right of the right border, and not in the poster itself. Learn More about condition grades 
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