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The above Australian one sheet poster has the billing of the stars incorrect for the release of this film in Australia in 1942. The original correct billing order is as it appears on the above U.S.A. glass slide. and all other film posters of that time, including the following Australian daybill from 1942. Of interest also is that  John Carradine receives billing on the one sheet, but not a mention of him appears on the Australian daybill.





 

A 1947 Australian newspaper advertisement where Rita Hayworth's name has been elevated, and with no mention now of Linda Darnell. By 1947 Rita Hayworth was as a much bigger star at the box office. The majority of the 1947 ads that I sighted still have Linda Darnell's name appearing as second billing, but there are also some other examples of the elevation of Rita's name found.   

My thoughts are that when the film was re-released in Australia in 1947, the original 1942 one sheet artwork was played with, then used in an altered form.

Autographs are so suspect...  Unless you won it in a contest or Steven was the best man at your wedding, there is just no real good way to authenticate it.  Scammers on eBay make thousands if not hundreds of thousands of dollars a year selling fakes. 

Not that yours isn't legit...   

All the above French film posters appear to be stock posters. There was an Italian television series produced in 1954 tiled I Tre Moschettieri ( The Three Musketeers ). At least five theatrical versions were edited from this series for European theatrical release in the 1950's. There may also possibly be at least one other poster that hasn't been located. It appears that in France a stock poster was produced with individual film titles added for each film released in France.

Hope this helps Andrew.