Name: "The Tall Target" - MGM 1951 movie poster 1-sheet
SKU: MPOSx1TAL51pv
Price: 350.00 CAD
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The Tall Target, 1951

The Tall Target" original 1951 movie poster 41x27 one-sheet, folded, MGM, USA, NSS# 51/443

The Tall Target" original 1951 movie poster 41x27 one-sheet, folded, MGM, USA, NSS# 51/443 - view of back side to show condition

The Tall Target, 1951

Artist: Dick Powell, Paula Raymond, Adolphe Menjou

Original Movie Poster 41×27 One-Sheet: folded, MGM, USA, NSS# 51/443

$350.00 (CAD)

Stock ID: MPOSx1TAL51pv Categories: Movie Posters, 1900's, 4) LARGE Image up to 40 in | 101 cm, Activities & Lifestyle, Advertising, Americana, Competition, Crime, Dramatic Action, Groups & Figures, MGM, Offset Lithograph reproduction, Posters, POWELL Dick, Train, USA, Vertical Tags: Bold Colour Art, Combat Art, Entertainment Art, People at Work Art

SKU:MPOSx1TAL51pv

1 in stock

The Tall Target movie released by MGM in USA in 1952. Original issue vintage movie 41×27 one-sheet, National Screen Service/NSS# 51/443. Professionally displayed in theatres then stored for decades, now available for private ownership. Used but in Fine condition. Set on a train, a detective (Dick Powell) works to prevent the assassination of Abraham Lincoln as they travel from New York to Baltimore. Featuring Dick Powell, Paula Raymond, Adolphe Menjou in a crime drama directed by Anthony Mann. TAGLINES: A girl whose lovely hands were never meant to hold a gun! You’ll never see the target till the very end! Item: original issue One-Sheet 41 x 27 inches | 104 x 68.5 cm (folded, shipped flat) Title: The Tall Target Released: 1951 August 17 Studio: MGM NSS#: 51/443 Country: U.S.A. Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller Cast: Starring Dick Powell, Paula Raymond, Adolphe Menjou with Marshall Thompson, Ruby Dee, Richard Rober, Will Geer Screen Play by: George Worthing Yates and Art Cohn Story by: George Worthing Yates and Geoffrey Homes Directed by: Anthony Mann Produced by: Richard Goldstone Condition: Near Mint – (used, stored folded) with bright colors and clean overall appearance, no tape, no stains, no tears, no holes, very light evidence of use, minimal edgewear, very light toning overall due to age BUT does have clusters of approx. 6 pinholes in corners outside of image area Stock ID: MPOSx1TAL51pv

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.
Provenance – purchased 1980s from a travelling salesman whose friends bought a building in Los Angeles and discovered a trove of vintage movie posters which had been used for display.
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.