🔴 WHITE HEAT JAMES CAGNEY ☞#1 RAREST & BEST FILM NOIR MOVIE POSTER IN EXISTENCE

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☞ 1-OF-A-KIND POSTER!
ROLLED NEVER FOLDED!
ORIGINAL 1949 THEATER DISPLAY!
WHITE HEAT
IS
RED HOT
!
Offered here is the undisputed GREATEST film noir movie poster in existence -
A 1949
ONLY KNOWN
ORIGINAL
Warner Brothers issued
HAND SILK-SCREENED 30x40!
It's also THE #1 RAREST James Cagney movie poster (rarer than Public Enemy) as well as being the most important gangster related poster to come out of Hollywood during its GOLDEN AGE! In fact, it was this very film, and, this very stellar Cagney screen performance that officially put an end to Hollywood's "Golden Age." "Top of the world Ma!"
Besides what I've already pointed out about the content of the movie, what makes this such a special poster is its remarkable design. Talk about RED HOT! Other than the amazing artwork rendered on the original 1931 Public Enemy window card, this is by far and away
the only
artwork released in Cagney's career that does justice to his screen performances.  And, unlike the window card on Public Enemy (where dozens of originals exist) , this poster is actually RARE. "Rare" being a gross understatement, as this is THE SINGLE 1-and-only SURVIVING EXAMPLE!  It doesn't get rarer than this. It's as rare as the Mona Lisa - another amazing fact! Why is it so rare you ask? Good question. Because 30x40s produced in the 1930s and 1940s were made by a hand silk-screened process and cost a fortune to make. Subsequently, very few theaters originally ordered them because the cost was TEN to TWENTY times that of a one-sheet. Only the top flagship theaters that premiered the film ordered this poster. To put this into context, on all the thousands of features released in the 1930s and 1940's there are TENS of thousands of one-sheets that now
STILL
exist on those films. If you add up ALL the 30x40 posters that still exist from that same era you'll have LESS than 50! Talk about RARE. That's ridiculously rare, so needless to say, the likelihood of another one of these still existing is about the same as the likelihood of Neil Armstrong walking on the moon again.
Additionally, silk-screen is an accepted fine art medium by 100% of all museums worldwide, as where standard one sheets are NOT. Putting all that aside, the poster is plain terrific. It also has an unusual history that makes it even more interesting. I originally bought this poster at an estate auction run before the days of the internet, back in the early 1990's. I paid a few hundred dollars for it back then because nobody found out about the sale. I held the poster for several years and then sold it to a for a MULTITUDE of thousands of dollars to a dealer who begged me to sell it to him because he had a celebrity client who wanted to buy it. The buyer was the famous movie actor Nicholas Cage (Raising Arizona & Leaving Las Vegas). Cage held the poster for several years and then sold his entire collection, this poster included. The new buyer of this poster held it for several years henceforth and then cosigned it to another auction house who, frankly, is incompetent when it comes to selling obscure rarities. Happily, I found out about the sale and bought the poster back for a pittance.
Thank God for the incompetent! They had no idea what this was and couldn't even take a proper photo of it. Through all its travels it has remained in
NearMINT rolled Never-FOLDED CONDITION
! I have to say, when I first had it, it was MINT/MINT! The Stoogeristic team at the incompetent auction house tore the poster before shipping it to me and now it's NearMINT instead of MINT. What idiots! Nevertheless, the clean and fine tear, about two inches on the right side, has been professionally repaired locally with acid free tape. The poster is AMAZING and is by far and away the #1 undisputed GREATEST film noir poster in existence - FAR surpassing the great (but not rare) This Gun For Hire 1-sheet and the Gilda B. I've priced this at LESS than what those two common one-sheets sell for. I'll say this, if anyone pooh-poohs the poster or tells you that it's not worth what I'm asking, see if they can get you one for twice what I'm asking.
They can't
. And that's the strongest fact of all.  Enough said.
Buying this set of posters is ECONOMY PROOF!
Why waste your money in the stock market? It can crash regardless of any decision you make and can even crash regardless of any decision made by the company related to the stock - Leaving you with a near worthless piece of paper that won't inspire anyone! With the purchase of historic documents such as this 1-of-a-kind Cagney it doesn't matter what happens to the economy, you'll still have the poster, which can be displayed and enjoyed. The magnificence of art and historic documents have an inherent value that relates to civilization and society. Unless civilization itself crashes then this piece will hold its value, and, if civilization itself crashes - Who'll care about money? This poster is definitely
ECONOMY PROOF!
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