eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 9x165 PATHS OF GLORY style Y 30x40 1958 Stanley Kubrick classic, Kirk Douglas in WWI, ultra-rare! Date Sold 10/20/2019Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Unfolded Style Y Thirty by Forty Movie Poster (30x40; measures 30" x 40" [76 x 102 cm]) (Learn More) Paths of Glory, the classic 1957 Stanley Kubrick anti-war World War I (WWI) France courtroom military court-martial melodrama ("Never has the screen thrust so deeply into the guts of war!"; "It goes where none has ever gone before ...the shattering story of a commander trapped with the enemy in front of him ...and betrayal at his back!"; "Bombshell!"; "Explosive!"; "The behind-the-battle story of the boldest bayonet-charge that ever hacked its way through hell... And the men who came back from it - to face their general's firing squad!"; "The Most Explosive Picture in 25 Years!"; "'Shoot the whole damn regiment!', screamed the General... And now the Colonel had to do it!"; "It explodes in the no-man's land no picture ever dared cross before!"; "Bombshell! The roll of the drums... The click of the rifle-bolts... The last cigarette... And then... The shattering impact of this story... Perhaps the most explosive motion picture in 25 years!"; "Now the screen blasts open the bombshell story of a Colonel who led his regiment into hell and back - while their maddened General waited for them - with a firing squad!"; "Based on the novel by Humphrey Cobb"; "Screenplay by Stanley Kubrick, Calder Willingham and Jim Thompson" [famed film noir novelist]; about French soldiers in World War I who refused to advance in a suicide mission, and a crazy general orders his artillery to fire on his own troops, but they refuse, and the advance is a disaster, and the general orders three random men tried for cowardice) starring Kirk Douglas (as Col. Dax), Ralph Meeker (as Cpl. Philippe Paris), Adolphe Menjou (as Gen. George Broulard), George Macready (as Gen. Paul Mireau), Wayne Morris (as Lt. Roget), Richard Anderson (as Maj. Saint-Auban), Emile Meyer (in one of the screen's all-time great performances!; as Father Dupree), Joe Turkel (as Pvt. Arnaud), Timothy Carey (as Pvt. Maurice Ferol), and Susanne Christian (as the girl who sings at the end of the movie). Note that in 1955, Kubrick found an excellent book, "Clean Break" by Lionel White, which he renamed "The Killing", and he hired pulp writer Jim Thompson to adapt the book's scenes. Kubrick released the movie with the credit "Screenplay by Stanley Kubrick" and "Additional Dialogue by Jim Thompson", but there are many who believe that Thompson essentially wrote the entire script. Kubrick mended his fences with Thompson and hired Thompson to write the screenplay for "Paths of Glory", but producer Kirk Douglas was unhappy with Thompson's screenplay, especially the "happy" ending. Kubrick hired Calder Willingham to rewrite Thompson's screenplay, and the screenwriting credit read "Screenplay by Stanley Kubrick, Jim Thompson, and Calder Willingham". Willingham claimed it was almost entirely his screenplay and sued Kubrick over the credits, but Thompson was able to show that large portions of his original screenplay remained in the final shooting script. 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 is an extremely rare poster. We have never auctioned one in all our years of auctioning! Note that this poster must be sent in a tube that is 32" long or over (which is why it is in this set of auctions). You can tell how long the tube will need to be by adding 2 inches to the shorter dimension of the length or width (so 40x60s need to be sent in a 42 inch long tube, etc). Most of these posters (with the notable exception of paper banners) CAN be combined in the same tube together, with a few exceptions. Bear in mind that a very long tube (42 inches or longer) will cost a lot more to send than a 30" tube, so bear that in mind before bidding on this poster. Condition: good. The poster has darkened somewhat There are creases, pinholes and some tears around the edges, and there are some dot stains, smudges and creases scattered in the art (see our image). Certainly the poster could be restored and it would look great, but please bear in mind its defects and cost of restoration before placing a bid. Learn More about condition grades
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