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Auction History Result 4d0273 ANNA CHRISTIE rotogravure 1sh 1930 Swedish Greta Garbo in her first talking movie, ultra rare! Date Sold 5/3/2020 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Folded One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 27 3/4" x 41 3/4" [70 x 106 cm]) (Learn More) Anna Christie, the 1930 Clarence Brown (nominated for the Best Director Academy Award for this film) romantic family relationship melodrama ("A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer All-Talking Picture"; "Adapted by Frances Marion from Eugene O'Neill's play 'Anna Christie'"; about a 20 year old woman who was abandoned by her father when she was 5; he is a rough sailor, and she comes to live with him, and she can't bear to tell him that she spent the last 2 years as a prostitute; she falls in love with a young sailor who doesn't know about her past either, and she finally decides that she must tell both her father and the man she loves the truth) starring Greta Garbo (nominated for the Best Actress Academy Award for this film; in the title role as Anna Christie; "Her first talking picture!"; "Her greatest dramatic triumph!"), Charles Bickford, George F. Marion, Marie Dressler, James T. Mack, and William Russell. Note that this was Garbo's first sound movie, and it was advertised with the tagline "Garbo talks!" Note that this was a remake of the 1923 silent movie starring Blanche Sweet. 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 is an extremely rare poster, as almost all early 1930s MGM one-sheets are, and the rotogravure ones are at least as rare, and maybe more so. We have never auctioned it before! In the late 1910s through the early 1930s, MGM (and sometimes Paramount and a couple of other studios) would often make a regular one-sheet for a movie and, instead of a second style regular one-sheet, would instead make a special "rotogravure" one-sheet. Named after the rotogravure picture sections at the time popular in Sunday newspapers, these one-sheets would be printed in a single color, often sepia, but sometimes other colors, and they would usually incorporate pictorial images from the movie combined in a montage fashion. Very few rotogravure one-sheet have survived, since they were printed on the same paper stock used in newspapers of the time, and the paper is very fragile and often darkens. Also note that this one-sheet measures 27 3/4" x 41 3/4" [70 x 106 cm]. Condition: good to very good. The poster was folded in half an extra time resulting in vertical foldlines at left and right and that has caused some separation in the crossfolds along the horizontal folds. The lower right crossfold and the ends of the lower horizontal fold are backed by tape and The poster has some creases and tiny tears along portions of some edges (also backed by the same tape). There is tape along several inches of the upper right edge of the upper horizontal fold and there are some tape repairs behind the upper left crossfold and left edge of that horizontal fold. There are tears and creases along the center horizontal fold (several areas are repaired with tape from the back). The poster otherwise can be displayed as it is, or after linenbacking with some proper restoration it would look great, but either way the new owner will have a wonderful and extremely rare poster to display on their wall! Learn More about condition grades 
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