eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 9j100 THIRD MAN 1sh '49 art of Orson Welles in doorway, plus Cotten & Valli, classic film noir! Date Sold 7/20/2014Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Folded One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 27" x 41" [69 x 104 cm]) (Learn More) The Third Man (also released as "The 3rd Man"), the classic 1949 Carol Reed (nominated for the Best Director Academy Award for this film) English Vienna Austria crime film noir murder mystery mistaken identity thriller ("Cats loved him... And so did Women!"; "What a chase he led them!"; "He'll put you in a dither with his Zither"; based on a story "by Graham Greene"; "Hunted by men... Sought by women!"; "Presented by Alexander Korda and David O. Selznick"; about a man going to visit his old friend in post-War Vienna, and when he gets there, he discovers that the friend is dead, or is he?) starring Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli (billed as "Valli"), Orson Welles (even though Welles only appears in a small portion of the movie, he dominates it!), Trevor Howard, Bernard Lee, Paul Horbiger, and Hedwig Bleibtreu. Note that the musical score for this movie was by Austrian zither musician Anton Karas, and it was so memorable that they even made a tagline about it ("He'll put you in a dither with his Zither"). Also note that this was intended to be the first of several movies with producers David Selznick and Alexander Korda, but the men clashed frequently during the making of the movie, and they never worked together again. Also note that Orson Welles clashed with director Carol Reed, and reportedly, he wrote much of his character's dialog in the movie, and made other contributions to the script that likely drove Reed crazy! 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 this poster is from the very first U.S. release in 1949! There are undated 1954 re-release one-sheets that are sometimes unintentionally sold as originals, but this poster has the 1949 NSS information, and is definitely from the first U.S. release! Condition: good. There is 7" of separation at the top of the vertical foldline with a 4" diagonal tear running to the left of that (through the lower part of the "R" of "3RD") There is a tear and tiny paper loss in the middle of the "3" of "3RD" and a small circular hole in the middle of the "M" of "MAN" in the title. There is a 3" vertical scratch in the black background between the "A" and "N" of "MAN". There is a circular hole and a tear in the bottom of the "3" of "3RD" and a matching one 7" to the right in the green background. Someone put pieces of tape on the back of those four areas, but they did not put tape on the back of the separation and tear at the top center. There are four similar holes to the left and right of the bottom crossfold, but two of those fall in the solid black credits area and two fall in the bottom brown hair area of the image. There are some pinholes in the corners and a stain in the lower right border. There is a diagonal crease in the top right corner. While the poster has many defects, it is absolutely true that any talented restorer can take this poster and remove the tape, and then perform expert restoration. Since almost all of the areas of paper loss are in solid colored areas, that will not be a major job, and after proper restoration, the rare poster will look great Learn More about condition grades
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