The June 2-5, 2002, Pre-Long Beach Sale, Sale 14
Lot 1734
Judy Garland, Pigskin
Parade (1936, 20th Century Fox) One Sheet. Judy appears in her first
feature film, but has to settle for last billing! Folds, verso tape repairs to
intersection separation; theater schedule in pencil on verso; owner and ID
stamps verso. Brilliant colors, very good to near fine.
Estimated Value
$300-400.
Lot 1735
Karloff stars in
British Intelligence (1940, Warner Brothers) One Sheet. Karloff,
masquerading as a butler, is actually a German spy whose image looms over the
other action in this striking poster. The movie, ostensibly about World War I,
carried several obvious references to the then-current Nazi regime.
Folds
with separation tape repaired verso, particularly along center vertical crease;
minor nicks and chips to edges, with tiny areas of paper loss and verso tape
repairs; owner and ID stamps verso; small area of crinkling at bottom right
corner, with small tears. Bold original colors and very little obvious damage
recto, but condition verso brings grade to good.
Estimated Value $300-400.
Lot 1736
La Notte (1961,
Nepi Film). Italian. 13 x 28". Framed window card. Two horizontal folds; soft
folding in upper margin; two small, pinhole sized abrasions at upper left in
margin and two small, pinhole sized abrasions at upper right in
margin.
Museum mounted under UV-3 plastic with barrier boards and
Chartex, muslin or linen backing. B.
Estimated Value $500-600.
Lot 1737
Limelight,
Chaplin's final American film (Celebrated Productions, 1952) One Sheet.
Noteworthy for scenes of Buster Keaton and Chaplin performing together, this
melodrama features Chaplin as an aging clown who helps a young ballerina.
Folds, minor separation; one 4" tear from top edge; owner and ID stamps
verso. Great color. Overall, very good to near fine condition.
Estimated
Value $350-500.
Lot 1738
The Long Voyage
Home (1940, United Artists). 28 x 41". Framed. One vertical and three
horizontal folds; light staining in margins; paper appears buckled.
The
classic John Ford rendering of three Eugene O'Neill one-act plays set aboard
the S.S. Glencairn, starring John Wayne.
Museum mounted under UV-3
plastic with barrier boards and Chartex, muslin or linen backing. A-.
Estimated Value $250-350.
Lot 1739
Playing With Fire
starring Gladys Walton (Universal, 1921) One Sheet. A great silent star in
a beautiful portrait poster. Folds with minor edge separation and some tape
repairs verso at intersections; minor nicks along margins with a handful of
verso tape repairs; foxing verso along creases; very minor crumpling at top
margin.
Please note that the noticeable flaws in this poster are on the
margins or verso -- the colors remain true and, if it were properly matted
and/or framed, this piece would appear near flawless. Very good condition
overall.
Estimated Value $500-600.
Lot 1740
Quo Vadis? and
Ivanhoe. Lot of two great Robert Taylor movies, both of them
spectacular adventure films.
Quo Vadis? (1951, MGM) One Sheet.
Excellent color. Folds; scattered pinholes in corners; one 1" hole repaired
from the verso with paper and tape; one ¾" chip out of top margin.
Overall, very good condition.
Ivanhoe (1952, MGM) One Sheet. Good
color. Folds with minor separation and verso tape repairs, scattered pinholes
in corners; owner and ID stamps verso; minor crumpling at bottom edge. Good to
very good condition.
Estimated Value $400-500.
Lot 1741
Ronald Reagan's debut:
Love Is On The Air (1937, Warner Brothers) One Sheet. Folds,
separation at intersections has been repaired verso with tape; owner's stamp
verso. Overall, near fine condition.
Presumably, audiences in 1937 were
not expecting cute little Ronald Reagan to someday become President of the
United States and very few examples of this poster have ever been offered at
auction -- this is the first time we have seen it -- we are delighted to offer
this wonderful example.
Estimated Value $600-UP.
Lot 1742
Ronald Reagan:
Accidents Will Happen (1938, Warner Brothers) One Sheet. GREAT
images and graphics -- pure 1930s thrill ride.
Folds with minor edge
separation; four verso tape repairs; pencil comments and owner/ID stamps verso.
Excellent condition.
Estimated Value $250-400.
Lot 1743
Shirley Temple: Young
People (1940, 20th Century Fox) One of Shirley's last truly juvenile
roles. One vertical and three horizontal folds with minor edge separation at
right edge of lower two folds; very thin lines of waterstaining scattered along
left edge; minor chips at two corners. Excellent color.
Estimated Value
$300-500.
Lot 1744
Silent Barriers
(1937, Gaumont) One Sheet. Folds with edge separation; numerous tape
repairs verso at fold lines and along edges; separation at top fold extends
into a 2" rip; scattered toning verso; ID and owner stamps verso. The colors
remain excellent; if this poster were mounted onto linen it would appear nearly
flawless except for the margins. Good condition.
Really, with these two
visions of masculine beauty exerting themselves on the movie's behalf, who are
we to resist? .
Estimated Value $250-350.
Lot 1745
Sinatra is Johnny
Concho (1956, United Artists ) One Sheet. Folds with minor separation,
repairs at intersections; owner and ID stamps verso. Overall, very good to near
fine.
Estimated Value $200-300.
Please note the Frank Sinatra
Collection following the Movie Posters.
Lot 1746
Sinatra Sings: Guys and
Dolls and Pal Joey. Lot of two one sheet posters from
movies that featured Frank doing what he did best -- romancing the ladies while
singing and dancing.
1.) Guys and Dolls (1955, MGM) Folds; pencil
identification verso; 1/8" line of crumpling at bottom edge; original owner's
stamp verso. Excellent color. Overall, fine condition.
2.) Pal Joey
(1957, Columbia) Folds; very faint, scattered dampstaining to bottom half of
poster; pinholes in corners; three tape repairs verso at fold intersections;
original owner's stamp verso. Excellent color. Overall, good to very good
condition.
Estimated Value $750-1,000.
Please note the Frank Sinatra
Collection following the Movie Posters.
Lot 1747
Sinatra's First Starring
Role: Higher and Higher
(1943, RKO) One Sheet. "The Sinatra
Show," indeed! A desirable piece for the Sinatra fan who has
everything.
Folds with minor edge separation (tape repairs on separations
verso); minor chipping and small nicks to edges; owner and ID stamps verso.
Beautiful colors, super image, very good condition.
Estimated Value
$350-500.
Please note the Frank Sinatra Collection following the Movie
Posters.
Lot 1748
Sinatra, Crosby, Kelly and
Armstrong in High Society (1956, MGM) One Sheet. Rolled. A mere
handful of scattered nicks at edges. Excellent condition.
Estimated Value
$600-700.
Please note the Frank Sinatra Collection following the Movie
Posters.
Lot 1749
So Cool: Ocean's
Eleven (1960, Warner Brothers) One Sheet. The ultimate cool movie.
Folds; pinholes in corners; ID and owner stamps verso. Strong colors, fine
condition.
Estimated Value $400-600.
Lot 1750
The Spirit of St.
Louis (1957, Warner Brothers) One Sheet. Folds with minor edge
separation and one small chip at left center fold; two tape repairs verso;
minor, faint dampstaining scattered at edges; ID and owner stamps with another
black ink ID verso. Excellent color. Overall, very good condition.
Estimated Value $200-300.
Lot 1751
Star Spangled
Rhythm (1942, Paramount) Wow! One of the great morale-boosting all-star
films of the World War II era, featuring all of Paramount's big names, from Bob
Hope to Alan Ladd and Gil Lamb. The above-the-title players rate portraits and,
it should be noted, this includes Rochester -- the character may be anathema
today, but an African-American grouped with the other great stars of the studio
was significant.
Folds with separation at intersections; pinholes at
corners; scattered tape repairs verso; ID remarks and owner's stamp verso.
Overall, very good condition.
Estimated Value $200-300.
Lot 1752
State of the Union
(1948, MGM) 26 x 40". Framed one-sheet poster. Folds, areas of
restoration.
Dry mounted on board. Framed under UV-3 plastic to museum
specifications. Very good condition.
Estimated Value $300-400.
Lot 1753
Strictly
Dishonorable (1951, MGM). 28 x 22". Framed half-sheet poster. Folds,
minor wrinkling and surface soil near edges.
Museum mounted under UV-3
plastic with barrier boards and Chartex, muslin or linen backing. Good to very
good condition.
Estimated Value $100-125.
Lot 1754
Sun Valley Serenade
(1941, 20th Century Fox) One Sheet. Sonja Henie and Glenn Miller made this
a memorable movie, and the poster graphics are some of the best of the
era.
Folds with minor edge separation (two tape repairs verso); other
scattered tape repairs to verso of edges; minor dampstaining to edges,
noteworthy only at extreme bottom edge; owner and ID stamps verso; toning to
edges with minor nicks. Overall, super color, very good condition.
Estimated Value $150-250.
Lot 1755
To Each His Own
(1946, Paramount) One Sheet. Olivia deHaviland's sensitive portrayal of
Josephine Norris earned her the Oscar in 1946. Such a romantic poster!
Folds
with minor separation at intersections; tape repairs to small nicks along right
edge verso; vertical 4" tear at top center; ID and owner stamps verso. Amazing
color. Overall, excellent condition.
Estimated Value $500-600.
Lot 1756
Unfaithfully Yours
(1948, 20th Century Fox). 14 x 36". Framed window insert. Three horizontal
folds; a 2½" tear at upper left edge; two abrasions in upper register
with soft creasing.
Museum mounted under UV-3 plastic with barrier
boards and Chartex, muslin or linen backing. B-.
Estimated Value $200-300.
Lot 1757
Veronica Lake in Miss
Susie Slagle's (1946, Paramount) One Sheet. Folds; scattered tape
repairs verso; faint diagonal crease at top left corner; minor crumpling at
left margin; owner and ID stamps verso. Brilliant colors. Very good to near
fine.
Estimated Value $200-300.
Lot 1758
Memorable Movies.
Three great movies that remain popular today. The key? Amazing stories and
performances.
Papillon (1973, Allied Artists) Framed. Folded, else
fine.
The Sting (1973, Universal) Framed. Folded with minor color
loss at some folds, else very good.
Once Upon a Time in America
(1984, Warner Brothers) Framed. Folded with minor color loss at some folds,
else very good to fine.
Estimated Value $300-400.