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Auction History Result 6r538 CITY FOR CONQUEST Belgian '40s great art of boxer James Cagney & beautiful Ann Sheridan! Date Sold 3/18/2014 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original 1947 (from the first release of this film in Belgium) Vintage Theatrical Folded Belgian Movie Poster (measures 11 1/2" x 15 1/4" [29 x 39 cm]) (Learn More) City for Conquest, the classic 1940 Anatole Litvak New York City boxing sports family relationship brothers gambling romantic melodrama ("A story with all the fire and fury of its two great stars!": "From the novel by Aben Kandel"; "New York's a pushover for a guy like me! I get what I want with my fists!"; "I'll lick this town too! But I'll get to the top... a different way!"; in a twist on the usual plot of a musician-turned-boxer to raise money, in this movie, Cagney is boxing to help his musician brother, with tragic results; one of Cagney's best roles ever; look for director Elia Kazan and a very young Anthony Quinn in very strong supporting performances!) starring James Cagney, Ann Sheridan, Frank Craven, Donald Crisp, Frank McHugh, Arthur Kennedy, George Tobias, Jerome Cowan, Elia Kazan (the famous director in an early acting role!), Anthony Quinn, Blanche Yurka, Joyce Compton, Lee Patrick, and Bob Steele 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 has been trimmed and it now measures 11 1/2" x 15 1/4" [29 x 39 cm]. Also note that 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! Finally, 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. The poster is printed in a smaller than usual size , but it is NOT printed on the back of a map or another poster. The poster has darkened slightly with age. The top edge of the poster has been unevenly trimmed and there is some tattering around the edges of the poster. There are remnants of a snipe across the top blank border and there are remnants of tax stamps in the upper right edge of the image background and blank border. There are creases and scuffs scattered throughout the poster (some from it being oddly folded at one time). Learn More about condition grades 
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