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Auction History Result 7c088 CHINA BOUND long Aust daybill '29 cartoon art of Karl Dane & George K. Arthur in tiny boat! Date Sold 4/8/2014 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Folded Australian Daybill Movie Poster (db; measures 15 1/4" x 40" [39 x 102 cm]) (Learn More) China Bound, the 1929 Charles Reisner silent China romantic war screwball comedy (Scotsman Arthur is in love with his boss' daughter, and the boss takes her on a cruise to China to get away from him, but Arthur gets on the boat, and with the aid of a coal shoveler, he follows the girl to China where they get involved in a revolution, but ultimately, he rescues the girl and wins her father's support!) starring Karl Dane, George K. Arthur, Josephine Dunn, Polly Oran, Carl Stockdale, and Harry Woods. Note that Karl Dane and George K. Arthur appeared in two of the same movies in the mid-1920s, and then in 1927, MGM paired the huge Dane with the diminutive Arthur as a comedy team in 1927's "Rookies", and they were a huge hit, and over the next four years, they appeared in a total of 17 comedies as a Laurel & Hardy-like slapstick comedy team. But Dane had a very thick accent, and he could not make the transition to sound movies, and he had a few bit parts given to him by friends, but by 1934, he was washed up, and he bought a hot dog cart which he displayed outside of the MGM gates! Apparently, he reasonably found this extremely depressing, and he soon committed suicide. The following year, Arthur retired from movies and became a Broadway producer among other careers, and he lived until 1985, when he was 86 years old! 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 was folded at one time but has been laying flat for a long time and will be sent rolled in a tube. Condition: good to very good. The poster has some stains in the top and bottom borders, a Y-shaped tear in the top border, and many tiny tears in the bottom half of the right border. It was folded at one time and has minor wear on the foldlines (see our image). Learn More about condition grades 
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