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Auction History Result 9g359 BEAU GESTE Japanese 28x39 '52 Gary Cooper shooting & w/Milland, Preston & Hayward, rare! Date Sold 8/18/2016 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original 1952 (from the first release of this movie in Japan) Vintage Theatrical Folded Japanese "B1" Movie Poster (measures 27 1/2" x 39 1/4" [70 x 100 cm]) (Learn More) Beau Geste, the classic 1939 William A. Wellman Northern Africa French Foreign Legion military war family relationship melodrama ("Gary Cooper is back at his fighting best in the most thrilling film of the Foreign Legion"; "Based on the Novel by Percival Christopher Wren"; about three brothers who all end up in the French Foreign Legion, serving together in the exact same location in North Africa) starring Gary Cooper (in the title role as Michael 'Beau' Geste), Ray Milland, Robert Preston, Brian Donlevy (nominated for the Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for this film), Susan Hayward (in her second credited movie role!), J. Carrol Naish, Donald O'Connor, James Stephenson, Heather Thatcher, and G.P. Huntley 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 because this movie was not released in Japan until 1952, that caused the poster designer to include Susan Hayward on the poster (we have not seen her pictured on any other first release poster for this movie, because it was her first real role!). Also note that this is a rare Japanese "B1" poster that measures 27 1/2" x 39 1/4" [70 x 100 cm]! "B1" posters are FAR more rare than "B2" posters (which measure approximately 20" x 28 1/2"), and because they are larger (similar in size to a U.S. one-sheet), they are more impressive when displayed on a wall! We don't know exactly when this size was first made in Japan (perhaps as early as 1950, but surely no earlier), and this is one of the earliest B1 posters we have seen! Finally, note that this poster was folded at one time but has been laying flat for a long time and will be sent rolled in a tube. Condition: very good. The poster was folded like a U.S. one-sheet, and it has minor wear on the folds. It has an area of staining on the back of the top left border (6" from the top left corner), extending down 2", but it only slightly shows through to the front in that area (see our image). Otherwise, the poster is in pretty nice condition. Learn More about condition grades 
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