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  Auction History Result #7733 FANTASIA jumbo WC41 Mickey Mouse,Disney Date Sold 4/29/2003Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. Original Vintage Theatrical Jumbo Window Card Movie Poster (measures 22" x 28") (Learn More) Walt Disney's Fantasia, the classic 1940 James Algar & Samuel Armstrong Walt Disney animated animation cartoon musical fantasy ("Walt Disney's Technicolor Feature Triumph") featuring Mickey Mouse and other cartoon characters created specifically for this feature movie, set to the music of classical composers including Leopold Stokowski, and Beethoven. Note that Fantasia had a very limited roadshow release which took place in several theaters with special audio equipment installed for the "Fantasound" system. This release started in late 1940 and continued into 1941, and these theaters often used home-made displays for the film. Throughout 1941, RKO negotiated with Disney to make a much shorter version of the movie in mono which could be shown in theaters without the need for special equipment. Disney finally agreed, and let RKO create a heavily edited version (he refused to edit it himself) which was released in early January of 1942. Regular posters were printed with a 1941 NSS number (it's not uncommon for films that are released near the start of a year to have a NSS from the previous year), and that is when the film had its first general release. So almost ALL of the known "first release" posters are from the 1942 continuous first release (with 1941 NSS numbers). The only pre-1942 advertising that we have seen are window cards, 8x10 stills and heralds from the theaters with the special "Fantasound" equipment. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Condition: very good. small paper loss in each of the four blank corners (does not affect any image or writing); several small tears down the left border; creases and smudges around all the edges of the card and to a lesser extent throughout the image area; three 1" creases right near the center of the card; fine 4" scuff line in the red background area at lower right below the "ski" of "Stokowski" and continuing to the right; While I could imagine many people framing this window card as is (since the defects are mostly contained to the borders), this window card is an ideal candidate for restoration. A talented restorer could certainly repair the minor border defects and remove most of the surface smudges without putting paint on the poster, and after proper restoration, this poster would look wonderful! Learn More about condition grades 
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