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FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS (POUR QUI SONNE LE GLAS) - Belgium

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FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS (POUR QUI SONNE LE GLAS) - Belgium
All of the items offered come from one seller's estate. Every effort has been made to verify the authenticity of the posters. Images for each item will be included to show any imperfections or damage. All of the items offered are original or original re-releases and re-issues. The majority of ORIGINAL movie posters printed and displayed before 1985 (approximately) were produced and shipped to theaters FOLDED. Please note that this is not damage or a defect.
This poster is a 1947 Original Belgian First Release for the film For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943) starring Gary Cooper and Ingrid Bergman. This Vintage poster measures 14 1/2" x 22" and is in overall Very Good condition. There are some creases and slight blemishes in the borders. There is a stamp, perhaps Customs or Shipping in the lower right Corner of the poster, just inside the bottom third of the right border. This poster is not line backed. (From Wikipedia) For Whom the Bell Tolls is a 1943 American war film produced and directed by Sam Wood and starring Gary Cooper, Ingrid Bergman, Akim Tamiroff, Katina Paxinou and Joseph Calleia. The screenwriter Dudley Nichols based his script on the 1940 novel For Whom the Bell Tolls by American novelist Ernest Hemingway. The film is about an American International Brigades volunteer, Robert Jordan (Cooper), who is fighting in the Spanish Civil War against the fascists. During his desperate mission to blow up a strategically important bridge to protect Republican forces, Jordan falls in love with a young woman guerrilla fighter (Bergman).
For Whom the Bell Tolls was Ingrid Bergman's first Technicolor film. Hemingway handpicked Cooper and Bergman for their roles. The film was the second-highest grossing film of 1943, earning $6.3 million in distributor rentals in the United States and Canada. A re-issue in 1957 earned an additional $800,000. It was also nominated for nine Academy Awards, winning one. Victor Young's soundtrack for the film was the first complete score from an American film to be issued on record.