The Black Cat (Universal, 1934). Half Sheet (22" X 28"). ...

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The Black Cat (Universal, 1934). Half Sheet (22" X 28"). Incest, murder, torture, devil worship and perverse psychological obsessions are layered throughout this film as Karloff and Lugosi play a game of chess to determine the fate of a young couple. Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi were cast together for their first horror film in Edgar G. Ulmer's adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's classic tale. The film is one of the true masterpieces of the horror genre and has so many ghoulish oddities it's hard to imagine how the film was made in 1934! The half sheet offered here is very rare and features the same artwork as the title card. There are only three copies of this poster known to exist, perhaps none in this fine of condition. The poster is unrestored in any way. It has a small corner chip off the lower left corner, slight clean tears on left border, and a 4.5" clean tear on the lower border extending into the artwork through the "a" in "Black." The colors are deep and vibrant. We sold the one sheet to this classic film in our recent March auction for over $286,000! Rolled, Fine+.

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