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Auction History Result 5p0113 CHAMP linen 1/2sh 1931 boxer Wallace Beery, Jackie Cooper, King Vidor, boxing epic, ultra rare! Date Sold 9/1/2020 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked Half-Sheet Movie Poster (1/2sh; measures 22" x 28" [56 x 71 cm]) (Learn More) The Champ, the classic 1931 King Vidor (nominated for the Best Director Academy Award for this film) father-son family relationship boxing sports melodrama ("The stars of 'The Big House' and 'Skippy' -- now in one picture!"; "Story by Frances Marion"; nominated for the Best Picture Academy Award; about ex-heavyweight boxing champ Wallace Beery, who lives with his son, and despite his being an alcoholic and degenerate gambler, his son loves him dearly, but he meets his son's mother, who is now rich and remarried, and he realizes his son is far better off with his mother, but the son runs away, and Beery plans to have another boxing match, so that he can support his son) starring Wallace Beery (winner of the Best Actor Academy Award for this film; he tied with Fredric March who won for Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde), Jackie Cooper, Irene Rich, Roscoe Ates, and Edward Brophy 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 we have previously auctioned a different style half-sheet from this movie (which does not show Beery boxing), but we have never before auctioned THIS style, which has a great image of barechested Beery with boxing gloves! What IS linenbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: good. The poster had paper loss in the middle of the horizontal fold, extending for around 3". It had many creases and some tears around the edges, extending into the image, with a long tear in the top border, extending down the right side of Beery's face. There is not paper loss in his face, but there is in the top blank border at the top of the tear. There are some tiny areas of paper loss in the right blank border that occurred after the poster was backed. Overall, the poster was in fair to good condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was pretty well backed, but you can clearly see signs of the above defects and the restoration of the above defects. Of course, this rare poster can be re-backed and properly restored, but bear all of the above in mind before bidding on this rare poster. Learn More about condition grades 
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