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Auction History Result 4g0425 STAGE DOOR CANTEEN Belgian 1947 Borzage directed all-star musical, Harpo Marx! Date Sold 5/11/2023 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original 1947 (from the first release of this movie in Belgium) Vintage Theatrical Folded Belgian Movie Poster (measures 14 1/2" x 21 1/2" [37 x 55 cm]) (Learn More) Stage Door Canteen (A Soldier's Love Story), the 1943 Frank Borzage United Artists World War II (WWII) all-star romantic musical ("48 STARS plus 6 Name Bands"; "A story of lovetime in wartime!"; "The BIGGEST thing to hit the screen!"; "All rights granted by AMFA Theatre Wing"; in a moment of extreme patriotism, many of the top stars of many different studios appear together in a single "all-star" movie, in order to improve the morale of the troops) starring (in alphabetical order) Judith Anderson, Kenny Baker, Tallulah Bankhead, Ralph Bellamy, Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy, Ray Bolger, Ina Claire, Katherine Cornell, Jane Cowl, Gracie Fields, Lynn Fontanne, Virginia Grey, Helen Hayes, Katharine Hepburn, Jean Hersholt, Allen Jenkins, George Jessel, Otto Kruger, Rosemary Lane, Gertrude Lawrence, Gypsy Rose Lee, Alfred Lunt, Aline MacMahon, Elsa Maxwell, Yehudi Menuhin, Ethel Merman, Ralph Morgan, Alan Mowbray, Paul Muni, Merle Oberon, George Raft, Lanny Ross, Martha Scott, Cornelia Otis Skinner, Ned Sparks, William Terry, Ethel Waters, Cheryl Walker, Johnny Weissmuller Arleen Whelan, Ed Wynn, Ruth Roman (uncredited and in her first film), Marjorie Riordan (one of the few non-celebrities in the movie!), Katharine Cornell, and Aline MacMahon, plus "6 Great Bands!" Kay Kyser, Freddy Martin, Count Basie, Benny Goodman, Xavier Cugat, Guy Lombardo (the popular bandleader of the 1930s who became famous for his yearly rendition of "Auld Lang Sang" every New Year's Eve, as himself in a cameo role). Note that this movie featured 48 stars (plus 6 name bands), and the studio used the number of stars to allow them to advertise the movie as "a star for every star in the flag" (of course, 16 years later, they would no longer be able to use that slogan!). 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: This poster is printed on the back of a map or part of another poster! Why is this? During World War II, there were massive paper shortages in Belgium. Where Belgian movie posters had previously been approximately 23" x 32", there was such a shortage of paper that not only did they often have to print them on the back of other posters or maps, but during World War II, the size of the posters shrank dramatically, with some of them as small as 11" x 15". This situation continued even after World War II, until around 1946 or 1947, when they began making Belgian movie posters in a size of roughly 14" x 22", which became the standard size, and continued for decades! The posters like these that are from during World War II or immediately after, and which are printed in a small size (often on the back of other posters or maps) are INCREDIBLY rare (surely they did not print many, and surely many of them were soon recycled themselves! 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: very good. The poster is in pretty nice condition! Learn More about condition grades 
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