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Movie Poster 41x27 One Sheet

THE GREAT DIAMOND ROBBERY

• 1953
• MGM
• U.S.A.
• Genre: Comedy, Crime
• Director: Robert Z. Leonard
• Cast:

  Red Skelton, Cara Williams

Price: $245.00 $CAD
Stock ID: MPOSx1DIA53pv

Original Vintage Movie Poster One Sheet: "The Great Train Robbery" (1953, MGM, 41 x 27 inches) USA, folded 1-sheet, National Screen Service/NSS# 53/486

About:

This comedy caper has assistant diamond-cutter Ambrose C. Park (Red Skelton) being duped by con artists posing as long-lost parents and sister.

Condition:

Fine - with bright colors and clean overall appearance, no stains, no tape or tape marks, very few pinholes, small holes where folds intersect, edgewear especially in mid upper margin with paper loss, paper overall becoming slightly brittle from age.

Text and Credits as stated in poster image:

TAGLINE: A new uproarious role in the career of the world's funniest man! TEXT/CREDITS IN IMAGE: Red Skelton M-G-M's The Great Diamond Robbery with Cara Williams, James Whitmore, Kurt Kasznar, Dorothy Stickney, Screen Play by Laslo Vadnay and Martin Rackin, Story by Laslo Vadnay, Directed by Robert Z. Leonard, Produced by Edwin H. Knopf, A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture REVERSE SIDE STAMPED IN RED: Great Diamond Robbery, 1 SH, 53/486

As printed in bottom margin, including copyright:

BOTTOM MARGIN, UNDER IMAGE: 1556 Copyright 1953 Loew's Incorporated. Litho in U.S.A. Property of National Screen Service Corp. Licensed for display only in connection with the exhibition of this picture at your theatre. Must be returned immediately thereafter. 53-9

Gallery Notes:

These original vintage movie poster One-Sheets and Lobby Cards are offered for sale to the public for the first time as posted to this website, KerrisdaleGallery.com. They have been stored away for almost forty years, having been purchased from a travelling salesman who who visited our retail store in the early 1980’s. The salesman explained that his acquaintances purchased a building in Los Angeles and found a stash of vintage movie posters which had been stored at some point in time, and forgotten. To sell the movie posters, the salesman filled his van and made a road trip up the West Coast and across the border into Canada. So we bought his story and the last of his inventory.

• The movie posters are being sold “as is” with the Condition described honestly and in detail.
• Movie Poster One Sheets have been folded and will ship flat in the same folded manner as they have been stored.
• One Sheets may benefit from restoration, which involves first mounting the poster to acid-free paper then mounting it onto a linen backing. Reputable companies providing restoration service may be researched and located online.
• Please know that vintage movie posters were printed as inexpensive advertising and were not intended to be preserved into the future as cherished works of art reflecting a specific time, which is what they have become. As such, most of them were handled or stored with indifference and have been lost or destroyed. Surviving authentic vintage movie posters could have their pinholes, stains and handling marks be considered their “beauty marks”, as this is evidence of their rich history of being printed, distributed and exhibited to be gazed upon by unknown numbers of movie-goers of a previous generation.

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