Original Vintage 1959 Alfred Hitchcock’s “North By Northwest” Movie Half Sheet

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Vintage original 1959 movie poster half sheet (22” x 28”) for
“North by Northwest”, one of Alfred Hitchcock’s cinema masterpieces. This MGM suspenseful and romantic spy thriller starring
Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason, Leo G. Carroll, and Martin Landau was directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
Prior to linen-backing and restoration, the  poster was in good to very good condition and had tiny paper loss on parts of both folds. It had some small tears and creases in the borders and some smudges and scuffs scattered throughout. Overall, the poster was in  decent condition prior to linen backing. The poster was well backed, but you can see faint signs of the above defects and the restoration of the above defects. it should be noted that, either the restorer who mounted the poster did not leave any excess linen around the edges of the poster, or possibly the owner of the poster chose to carefully trim off the excess, so the poster would fit into a frame. This poster will be rolled when it is sent. This stylish and sophisticated poster displays very well. It has been a huge pleasure to own it and have it preserved.
The screenplay was by
Ernest Lehman
, who wanted to write "the Hitchcock picture to end all Hitchcock pictures".
North by Northwest
is a tale of mistaken identity, with an innocent man pursued across the United States by agents of a mysterious organization trying to prevent him from blocking their plan to smuggle microfilm, which contains government secrets, out of the country. This is one of several Hitchcock films that feature
an opening title sequence by graphic designer Saul Bass and was
the first to feature extended use of
kinetic typography in its opening credits.
North by Northwest
is listed among the canonical Hitchcock films of the 1950s and is often listed among the greatest films of all time. it was selected in 1995 for preservation by the National Film Registry.
After its first screening, reviewers for
The New Yorker and the New York Times
immediately hailed it as a masterpiece of comedic, sophisticated self-parody.
One trailer for
North by Northwest
features Hitchcock presenting himself as the owner of Alfred Hitchcock Travel Agency and telling the viewer he has made a motion picture to advertise these wonderful vacation stops.
In June 2008, the American Film Institute
revealed its “10 Top 10”
—the best 10 films in 10 "classic" American film genres—after polling over 1,500 people from the creative community.
North by Northwest
was was acknowledged as the seventh-best film in the mystery genre.
The film was very influential on the James Bond films
and subsequent action-thriller films, as well as the TV series The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
where Leo G. Carroll played the same sort of role as the head of a top secret intelligence agency.