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Auction History Result e592 WEST SIDE STORY three-sheet movie poster '61 pre-Awards Date Sold 8/15/2006Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Folded Three-Sheet Movie Poster (measures 41" x 81") (Learn More) West Side Story, the classic 1961 Robert Wise & Jerome Robbins (winners of the Best Director Academy Award for this film) New York City romantic dance musical ("The screen achieves one of the great entertainments in the history of motion pictures"; "'Best Picture' Winner of 10 Academy Awards 1961"; "Based upon the stage play produced by Robert E. Griffith and Harold S. Prince" winner of the Best Picture Academy Award; with a sentimental script by Ernest Lehman, which borrows heavily from "Romeo & Juliet"; based on a book by Arthur Laurents) starring Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn, Rita Moreno (winner of the Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for this film), and George Chakiris (winner of the Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for this film). The wonderful music was by Leonard Bernstein and the equally wonderful lyrics were by Stephen Sondheim. Note that Natalie Wood's singing was dubbed by Marni Nixon (who had also dubbed The King and I and The Sound of Music), and Richard Beymer's singing was dubbed as well. Recordings exist of some of Natalie Wood's singing, and she absolutely would have been fine, but Hollywood demands perfection! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Artist: Joseph Caroff Important Added Info: Note that the classic art for this classic movie poster has long and often been misidentified as being by Saul Bass, but it is actually by Joseph Caroff! This three-sheet was printed in 2 sections. Condition: good. There are many water stains throughout the poster (more so on the back of the part of the poster that was on the outside when it was fully folded). Many of the water stains do not show very much from the front, and they likely can all be removed or greatly reduced during the linenbacking and restoration process, and likely will only require a small amount of paint restoration. There are tears and tiny areas of paper loss on several foldlines, and someone put tape on the back of most of those tears. There were many pinholes around the edges of the poster, and some scattered through the image, and someone put many tiny pieces of tape on the back of many of those pinholes. While this poster DOES have clear condition problems, they are the sort that respond well to restoration. Learn More about condition grades 
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