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Auction History Result 7k259 GO-GETTER Leader Press 1sh '37 George Brent, Anita Louise, stone litho art! Date Sold 9/29/2009 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Folded One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 27" x 41") (Learn More) The Go-Getter, the 1937 Busby Berkeley romantic salesman comedy ("He has what it takes to get what he wants!"; "A Cappy Ricks story full of romance and thrills!"; "Adventure! Action! Love!"; about a Navy veteran who loses his leg, and he gets a job as a salesman, but they don't really want him because of his disability, but through tremendous effort, he proves to be the best salesman, and wins the boss' beautiful daughter!) starring George Brent, Anita Louise, Charles Winninger, John Eldredge, Henry O'Neill, Craig Reynolds, Joseph Crehan, Gordon Oliver, and Addie Acuff 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. Condition: good to very good. There are some stains on the back of the poster that slightly bleed though to the front. Learn More about condition grades 
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