The Lady from Shanghai (1948)
US Lobby Card #7 for The Lady from Shanghai, ca. 1948
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June 19, 01:18 PM GMT
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THE LADY FROM SHANGHAI. Columbia Pictures, 1948.
US Lobby Card #7, matted and framed: 16 ⅝ x 19 ⅝ in. (42.3 x 49.8 cm).
Unframed dimensions: 11 x 14 in. (28 x 36 cm).
Starstruck, Vintage Posters From Classic Hollywood, Abbeville Press, 2009, p. 231.
This famous cinematic image from The Lady from Shanghai was used on this lobby card, and is the most desirable from the set of eight lobby cards.
While discussing Orson Welles, Marlene Dietrich once famously remarked 'people should cross themselves when they say his name.' Indeed, Orson Welles remains one of the greatest film makers of all time. In 1948 Welles made The Lady from Shanghai with Columbia Studios, which he both directed and starred in. A classic film noir, Welles was given complete artistic freedom over the project until studio boss Harry Cohn saw the final print. Judging the dialogue too old fashioned and confusing, Cohn had the film completely re-dubbed, re-edited and re-scored before its final release.