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Auction History Result 9y004 ALL AT SEA linen 1sh '29 Karl Dane as Stupid McDuff with George K. Arthur + wonderful art! Date Sold 9/1/2015 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 27" x 41" [69 x 104 cm]) (Learn More) All at Sea, the 1929 Alfred J. Goulding (billed as "Alf Goulding") silent Navy Naval military sailor comedy ("The laugh on the ocean wave"; about a vaudeville hypnotist/magician who performs at a club frequented by sailors and Marines, and a sailor hires him to hypnotize his friend, with comedic results) starring Karl Dane (as "Stupid McDuff"), George K. Arthur, Josephine Dunn, Herbert Prior, and Eddie Baker. Note that Karl Dane and George K. Arthur appeared in two of the same movies in the mid-1920s, and then in 1927, MGM paired the huge Dane with the diminutive Arthur as a comedy team in 1927's "Rookies", and they were a huge hit, and over the next four years, they appeared in a total of 17 comedies as a Laurel & Hardy-like slapstick comedy team. But Dane had a very thick accent, and he could not make the transition to sound movies, and he had a few bit parts given to him by friends, but by 1934, he was washed up, and he bought a hot dog cart which he displayed outside of the MGM gates! Apparently, he reasonably found this extremely depressing, and he soon committed suicide. The following year, Arthur retired from movies and became a Broadway producer among other careers, and he lived until 1985, when he was 86 years old! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Important Added Info: Note that first release 1929 movie paper from this movie is incredibly rare. We have only sold a single poster larger than a window card from the first release (that was a rotogravure one-sheet), before receiving this one-sheet! Also note that the artwork on this poster is not signed, but it looks extremely like the work of Malcolm Eaton or John Held Jr. If anyone knows who created the art, please e-mail us and we will post it here. What IS linenbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: very good. The poster had small tears and areas of paper loss at the crossfolds and someone put a piece of tape on the back of each of those, and there was a tear and small paper loss in the bottom of the "E" of "GEORGE" and a tear in the neck of the sailor at left, with paper loss in his uniform below it, and someone put a long piece of paper tape on the back that covered those areas. There were also some tiny bits of paper loss on the horizontal folds and pinholes in the corners. Overall, the poster was in good to very good condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was nicely backed, and displays well! Learn More about condition grades 
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