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Auction History Result 6a333 HEADLINE CRASHER linen 1sh 1937 newspaper art w/ Frank Darro in hot rod car chase, very rare! Date Sold 4/29/2018 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 27" x 41" [69 x 104 cm]) (Learn More) Peter B. Kyne's Headline Crasher, the 1937 Leslie Goodwins newspaper journalism reporter political thriller ("Suggested by the story 'Motion To Adjourn'"; based on the story by Peter B. Kyne; about the reckless teenage son of a senator who is constantly trying to help people, and he gets in trouble doing so, which causes embarrassment for his father, and meanwhile, there is a newspaper reporter who is trying to find dirt on the senator, and there is a gangster who also is trying to get back at the senator, and all these people come together!) starring Frankie Darro, Kane Richmond, Muriel Evans, John Merton, Eleanor Stewart, and Richard Tucker. Note that Frankie Darro had started in movies at the age of 6 in 1924, and he made a long series of movies with cowboy star Tom Tyler. From 1936 to 1938, he appeared in eight movies with Kane Richmond, and this was one of those. Because of his small stature, Darro continued to play teenagers well into his 20s! 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 posters from this movie are incredibly rare (likely because the movie was distributed by tiny Conn Pictures Corp. We have auctioned three three-sheets and one title card in the past, but no other poster material of any kind until we were consigned this one-sheet, which has really great action artwork! What IS linenbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: very good. The poster had small paper loss at the crossfolds and some creases and tiny bits of paper loss on parts of several folds, with pinholes and smudges around the edges. Overall, the poster was in good to very good condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was nicely backed, and displays well! Learn More about condition grades 
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