The Sting Sheet Music, Paul Newman & Robert Redford, Matted 14x18

This is a 14 x 18 inch professionally done, custom double-matted “The Entertainer,” sheet music from the Universal Picture movie, “The Sting,” copyright 1974. The front cover features an illustration of Paul Newman and Robert Redford dressed in Jazz Age attire from the film, sitting on a desk with an old phone, bottles of alcohol and a lamp. The colors are shades of green, red, white and black. The movie starred Paul Newman, Robert Redford, and Robert Shaw. “The Sting” is a is played out in distinct sections with old-fashioned title cards, the lettering and illustrations rendered in a style reminiscent of the “Saturday Evening Post” . The film is noted for its anachronistic use of ragtime, particularly the melody "The Entertainer" by Scott Joplin. The Sting was hugely successful at the 46th Academy Awards, being nominated for 10 Oscars and winning seven, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay. Music by Scott Joplin. Arranged and Adapted by Gunther Schuller. The back cover lists other songs available from the music publisher from the movie (see photos). This is original, authentic, sheet music; not a reprint or reproduction. This matted sheet music will arrive to you ready to place into your standard-sized, 14 x 18 inch frame. The photos I’ve taken show how your print looks in the double mat, as it will reach you, and an example of how your matted print will look framed. This matted sheet music is in a hinged mat, backed by foam board, and is sitting in archival polyester picture corners. The music is set up to display as wall art, but it can be removed and played as well. The sheet music is entire and complete. The print is matted with quality, USA made mat board. It is attached with archival polypropylene mounting corners to quality foam board. The mat is hinged with linen hinging tape. Great for home decor, office, music room, or home theater room! • Mat dimensions: Width, 14 inches x Height, 18 inches • Sheet music dimensions: Width, 9 inches x Height, 12 inches • Mat color: Black (outer), and Ivory White (inner) This is an ORIGINAL vintage piece of sheet music, not a reprint or reproduction Since it is now over 45 years-old it is not in mint condition, and I will note here observations I see. This copy is in very good vintage condition; the cover colors remain bright and lovely. It shows minor wear, some minor crinkles, with some slight signs of usage on the edges. The inside pages have writing on the music from the original owner that were added to help them learn the music, but I think that just adds to this item’s story. The contents are completely usable. Fortunately most of the wear is located on the edges of the page and inside, and therefore can easily go unseen and hidden away behind the border of the framing mat. Please view the photos I have posted, as they will give you the best idea of how it looks. I have taken additional close-up photos of the cover and sheet music, and can share them with you upon request. By owning this original sheet music you will own a piece of this all-time classic Academy Award winning movie! • Title: “The Entertainer” • Music by Scott Joplin, Arranged and Adapted by Gunther Schuller • Condition: Very Good • Quantity available: 1 • Edition: First Edition • Binding: Paperback • Publisher: Multimood Music, Inc., New York, N.Y., 3-page piece of sheet music “The Sting” is a 1973 American caper film set in September 1936, involving a complicated plot by two professional grifters (Paul Newman and Robert Redford) to con a mob boss (Robert Shaw). The film was directed by George Roy Hill, who had directed Newman and Redford in the western “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.” The title phrase refers to the moment when a con artist finishes the "play" and takes the mark's money. If a con is successful, the mark does not realize he has been "taken" (cheated), at least not until the con men are long gone. The film is played out in distinct sections with old-fashioned title cards, the lettering and illustrations rendered in a style reminiscent of the Saturday Evening Post. The film is noted for its anachronistic use of ragtime, particularly the melody "The Entertainer" by Scott Joplin, which was adapted (along with others by Joplin) for the movie by Marvin Hamlisch (and a top-ten chart single for Hamlisch when released as a single from the film's soundtrack). The film's success created a resurgence of interest in Joplin's work. The Sting was hugely successful at the 46th Academy Awards, being nominated for 10 Oscars and winning seven, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay. The film received rave reviews and was a box office smash in 1973–74, taking in more than US$160 million ($800 million today). As of October 2016, it is the 22nd highest-grossing film in the United States adjusted for ticket price inflation. In 2005, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". The Writers Guild of America ranked the screenplay #39 on its list of 101 Greatest Screenplays ever written. The film won seven Academy Awards and received three other nominations. At the 46th Academy Awards, Julia Phillips became the first female producer to be nominated for and to win Best Picture. • Academy Award for Best Picture • Academy Award for Best Director—(George Roy Hill) • Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay—(David S. Ward) • Academy Award for Best Art Direction-Set Decoration—(Henry Bumstead and James W. Payne) • Academy Award for Best Costume Design—(Edith Head) • Academy Award for Film Editing—(William H. Reynolds) • Academy Award for Best Music, Scoring Original Song Score and/or Adaptation—(Marvin Hamlisch) • Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures—(George Roy Hill) Nominations • Academy Award for Best Actor—(Robert Redford) • Academy Award for Best Cinematography—(Robert Surtees) • Academy Award for Sound—(Ronald Pierce & Robert R. Bertrand) • Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay—Motion Picture—(David S. Ward) • WGA Award for Best Drama Written Directly for the Screen—(David S. Ward) • AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies • AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs • AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes and Villains: • Doyle Lonnegan—Villain (Robert Shaw) • AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) More photos of this matted sheet music are available and can be shared upon request. Contact me with any questions. Thank you for visiting RetroRitaGallery. I hope you will save me to your favorites and check back with me. *Frame and accessories shown in photos are for inspiration only.