Artist: Saul Bass
Film Description: Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo, the classic 1958 Alfred Hitchcock suspense crime mystery thriller ("Alfred Hitchcock's Masterpiece"; "Based upon the novel D'Entre Les Morts by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac"; "Music by Bernard Herrmann"; about a man with a fear of heights who is caught up in a murder, or is he?, and he meets a woman who looks very similar to the "dead girl", and he becomes obsessed with solving the mystery) starring James Stewart (Jimmy Stewart), Kim Novak (in a dual role), Barbara Bel Geddes, Tom Helmore, and Henry Jones. Note that John Whitney Sr. (who did the spiral title sequence for the movie) also did the spiral art for the posters from this movie, which was utilized by the poster artist Saul Bass.
Important Added Info: Note that the style B half-sheet has just the Saul Bass artwork, but this style A poster also has the stars at right. Some collectors prefer the poster with solely the art, but because this is a wonderful movie that is remembered as among the best work of both of these stars, many other collectors prefer this style, because that way they get images of the stars in addition to the great art! Most collectors don't realize that Saul Bass did many different designs for this classic movie! All look very similar, with the classic swirl, but the two figures are different on many of the posters!
Overall Condition: very good. The poster was folded once across the middle and twice vertically (on the left and right of the classic Bass art). There are creases in the top and bottom of the right vertical fold, extending into the area to the left and right of the foldline. There are similar creases (but a lesser amount in the top and bottom of the left vertical fold). There is brown staining in the upper right blank border, but it is extremely lucky that the staining in solely in the blank border. Other than the above defects, the poster is in surprisingly quite nice condition!
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