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Auction History Result 4s0391 LA BATAILLE Italian 1sh R1950s Charles Boyer in Asian makeup & costume, Matticari art! Date Sold 6/14/2020 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Undated (probably 1950s) Re-Release Theatrical Folded Italian One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 27 1/2" x 39 1/4" [70 x 100 cm]) (Learn More) La Bataille (literally translates to "Battle"), the 1933 Nicolas Farkas & Viktor Tourjansky French/English Japan interracial romance romantic love triangle military war melodrama (based on the novel by Claude Farrere; about a Japanese nobleman who discovers his wife is having an affair with an English Naval officer, and he has the officer transferred to a battleship where he is killed, and then the Japanese nobleman is distraught over what he has done, and he and his wife commit ritual suicide) starring Charles Boyer, Annabella, John Loder, Betty Stockfeld, Valery Inkijinoff. Note that the movie had been earlier filmed in 1923 reasonably starring Sessue Hayakawa and his wife, actress Tsuru Aoki. For this version, both of the top billed stars had to wear "yellowface" makeup! This movie was filmed in French, but an English language version was filmed simultaneously (with Boyer still in the lead, but with Merle Oberon replacing Annabella, and many other cast changes) and was released as "The Battle" in England, and the following year was released as "Thunder in the East" in the U.S. Also note that Charles Boyer was a college graduate with a philosophy degree, and he appeared in a few movies in his early 20s. He had greater success in talking movies, thanks to his distinctive French accent (which Chuck Jones "borrowed" for his character Pepe Le Pew), but he had his greatest success in Hollywood in the early 1940s, when many of the top U.S. stars were away in World War II. It appears this movie was never released in the U.S. If anyone knows more about this movie, please e-mail us and we will post it here. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Artist: F. Matticari Important Added Info: Note that this Italian one-sheet measures 27 1/2" x 39 1/4" [70 x 100 cm]. Also note that this poster was folded at one time but has been laying flat for a long time and will be sent rolled in a tube. Condition: good to very good. The poster has pinholes around the edges and some creases and tiny tears or areas of paper loss along some folds. It is otherwise in pretty good condition and after a simple linenbacking the poster will look great! Learn More about condition grades 
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