THE OLD MAN & THE SEA 1/2sh 1958
Spencer Tracy, Ernest Hemingway, John Sturges, dramatic art!
An Original Vintage Theatrical
Unfolded Half-Sheet Movie Poster (1/2sh; measures 22" x 28" [56 x 71
cm]).
Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and the
Sea, the 1958 John Sturges seafaring ocean fishing adventure melodrama
("This was the 85th day he went out... this was the day all Hell and
Heaven and Hemingway would break loose..."; "Ernest Hemingway's
Pulitzer and Nobel Prize-Winning Story") starring Spencer Tracy (nominated
for the Best Actor Academy Award for this film; in the title role as the Old
Man), Felipe Pazos (11 year-old Cuban boy, making his screen debut; this was
his only movie!), Harry Bellaver, Don Diamond, Don Blackman, and Mary Hemingway
(who at the time was Ernest Hemingway's wife!)
Artist: Gustav Rehberger
Important Added Info: Note that this poster has never been machine folded! Some pre-1970 half-sheet posters were machine folded twice horizontally at the poster exchange, while some were not. It can be difficult to find an unfolded example of many pre-1970 half-sheet posters (note that most post-1970 half-sheets were NOT machine folded, so they are pretty much only found unfolded, and therefore this does not apply to those half-sheets).
Storyline
Now an old man, a lifelong fisherman
sets out to sea to ply his trade as he has done all of his life. He's not had
much good fortune of late and has gone almost three months without a major
catch while others are catching one or even two large marlins every week. Many
of the locals make fun of him and some say he's too old now to be fishing but
he still loves what he does and is encouraged by a young boy who loves him and
has faith in him. On this day he hooks the fish of a lifetime, a marlin that is
larger than his skiff. As it slowly pulls him out to sea, the old man
reminisces about his past, his successes and the high points of his life. When
he does finally manage to land the fish he has to fight off sharks who are
feeding on it as he tries to return to his Cuban village.
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Please note the pictures may have camera flash.
The poster was in a UV protected plastic sleeve when the pictures were taken and may cause some distortion.
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