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Auction History Result 1e306 GOING SPANISH Leader Press 1sh '34 fun south of the border, Bob Hope's first! Date Sold 5/8/2012 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Folded One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 28" x 41" [71 x 104 cm]) (Learn More) Going Spanish, the 1934 Al Christie musical comedy short ("A musical comedy"; "Fun south of the border"; "Music by Godoy's Argentine Band"; Bob Hope is vacationing in a mythical South American country, and he has a car crash with the mayor of a small village called Los Pochos Eggos, and the two men begin tearing each other's cars apart; fortunately for Bob, there is a tradition in the village that one day each year, any crime is forgiven if the criminal sings a song afterwards, and amazingly, this is that day; but then, Bob tries to make time with the mayor's pretty girlfriend) starring Bob Hope (in his very first movie role!), Leah Ray, Frances Halliday, and Jules Epailly (as the mayor) 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 this poster does not have a company name at the bottom, but it very much looks like it was printed by "Leader Press". In the 1930s, a constant headache for theaters was being sure of having movie posters for their current releases. Often, the posters would travel with the actual film prints, and sometimes the theater before them might have forgotten to include the poster, it might have been defaced or torn, etc. If a theater didn't have posters, it was very frustrating! Several companies began in the 1930s (Leader Press, the "other company", Woolever Press, etc) that made posters of their own for new releases, and they would provide a back up for theaters in case they didn't get a studio issued poster. Often the posters from these companies (with the exception of the "other company") were silk-screen posters, but they were often quite attractive, and virtually always had a completely different design from the regular studio issued poster. It is an absolute fact that posters from these companies are far more rare than the regular studio issued posters. It is also a certainty that these posters were issued when the movies were first released. In fact, they were created PRIOR to the movie's release, so that they could serve as teaser or advance posters (theaters rarely got the studio issued posters before receiving the actual movie). We have located an extremely rare original advertisement for Leader Press posters which clearly states that they were available to theaters a full two weeks prior to each movie's release. Also note that this one-sheet measures 28" x 41" [71 x 104 cm]. Condition: good. There is much tattering and separation along the foldlines and edges with most repaired with tape from the back. Learn More about condition grades 
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