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Auction History Result Lot #: VHP7 449 MAN BAIT linen half-sheet movie poster '52 best bad girl image!  Date Sold 7/11/2004Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. Appears in Vintage Hollywood Posters 7 CATALOG SOLD OUT The image at right appears in the auction catalog we published as shown above and was sold long ago and we do NOT have it available for purchase. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked Half-Sheet Movie Poster (measures 22" x 28") (Learn More) The Last Page (released in the U.S. as "Man Bait"), the 1952 Terence Fisher English romantic crime bad girl film noir ("The Cards are Stacked... against any man who falls for her kind of Man Bait"; "Looking for a date?... Go easy! She's 'Man Bait'"; "Blonde Blackmail!"; "Look if you like... but Look Out! She's Man Bait"; "Screenplay by Frederick Knott from an original story by James Hadley Chase") starring George Brent, Marguerite Chapman, Diana Dors (billed as "introducing Diana Dors"), Raymond Huntley, and Peter Reynolds. Note that there are a couple of interesting oddities about this movie. One is that it was director Terence Fisher's very first movie (he would go on to become very famous for his Hammer horror movies). The other is that, for the American release, it says "introducing Diana Dors", but she had appeared in a dozen movies prior to this, so that was very misleading, to say the least. Finally, note that while this was an English movie, we have never auctioned anything from that English release (with the title "The Last Page"), so we list it under its American title, because it is far better known by that title. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Condition: very good. This poster was linenbacked, and the restorer did a good job, but you can see signs of the restoration from inches away (since most people look at posters framed on a wall from at least a few feet away, we don't feel this is a defect, but we feel it should be noted). See below for this poster's pre-restoration condition (we are the only major auction company we know of that shares this information with our bidders, but we wish everyone did!). very good. The poster had somewhat tattered borders, and the restorer expertly placed new paper over much of the old blank borders (but excluding the small writing at bottom right and the tip of the red box that extends into the bottom border; those areas were not touched. There were some scuffs, creases, and tears around the edges of the poster. There was a 3" tear in the chest of the man at top left extending to the earring of the woman he is holding. There was a 4" tear near the middle of the left border extending through the word "GEORGE". Fortunately, there are next-to-no scuffs of any kind in miss Dors' lovely face or figure! The poster was well restored, and from any distance away the restoration basically vanishes and the poster looks great. Note that the restorer did not leave any excess linen around the edges of the poster (probably so it could be put in a frame. Learn More about condition grades 
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