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Auction History Result 2c516 LUCKY GHOST 1sh R43 wacky art of Mantan Moreland with skeleton & screaming girl! Date Sold 8/27/2013 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. A 1943 Re-Release Vintage Theatrical Folded One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 25" x 39" [64 x 99 cm]) (Learn More) Lucky Ghost, the 1942 William X. Crowley black African American gambling horror comedy thriller ("You Can Bet Your Bottom Dollar It's Thrilling - Exciting - Funny!"; "Thrills! Chills! A Thriller-Diller laff sensation!"; "With an All Star Colored Cast!") starring Mantan Moreland, F.E. Miller (Flourney E. Miller), Florence O'Brien, Monty Hawley, and Maceo Bruce Scheffield. Note that Flourney Miller was a major figure in black Broadway musical history, performing and writing with his partner Aubrey Lyles. After Lyles passed away in 1933, Miller appeared in a number of all-black movies in the 1930s and 1940s. 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 Toddy Pictures acquired the rights to this 1942 Dixie National Film Exchange movie which was originally titled "Lady Luck", re-titled it to "Lucky Ghost, and re-released it in 1943 with this full-color poster and again in 1948 with a duo-tone red & black poster. Because this Toddy Pictures poster is not marked as being a re-issue in any way, it is often mistakenly sold as original, but please bid knowing this poster is from the 1943 re-release! Also note that this poster has been trimmed and it now measures approximately 25" x 39" [64 x 99 cm]. Condition: good. The edges of the poster have been neatly cut away in a pattern following the artwork and text areas of the poster. The poster was folded in half an extra time resulting in a vertical foldline at left and right and there are some creases along the foldlines throughout the poster. There are some pin holes around the edges of the poster. The poster is otherwise in pretty nice condition. Learn More about condition grades 
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