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Auction History Result 5d099 HOTEL FOR WOMEN style A 1/2sh '39 full-length art of sexy Linda Darnell by Bradshaw Crandell! Date Sold 3/12/2017 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Paperbacked Style A Half-Sheet Movie Poster (1/2sh; measures 22" x 28" [56 x 71 cm]) (Learn More) Elsa Maxwell's Hotel for Women, the 1939 Gregory Ratoff romantic melodrama ("Elsa says: 'Don't ever shoot a man, dears! He's worth more to you alive than dead!'"; "Elsa says: 'Girls Do depend on men [the dogs!] ...some for excitement ... some for fame... and some even for love!'"; "A girl in every room ..and a man on every mind!"; "Based on a story by Elsa Maxwell and Kathryn Scola"; produced by Darryl F. Zanuck) starring Linda Darnell, James Ellison, Ann Sothern, Elsa Maxwell, John Halliday, Lynn Bari, Katharine Aldridge, Alan Dinehart, Jean Rogers, June Gale, Joyce Compton, and Amanda Duff. Note that 20th Century-Fox hired famous pin-up artists McClelland Barclay, George Petty, Bradshaw Crandell, and John LaGatta to create the one-sheet, three-sheet and half-sheets (and the lookalike title card) for this movie. Each featured great pin-up art of a sexy girl (none look like the actresses in the movie, but nobody minded!). They advertised it this way: "When these artists paint a girl, the whole world stops to LOOK! Petty, John La Gatta, McClelland Barclay, Bradshaw Crandell ...and each has created a striking figure especially for your 'Hotel For Women' campaign!" NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Artist: Bradshaw Crandell Important Added Info: Note that we have only twice before auctioned this half-sheet (with great Bradshaw Crandell art) in all our years of auctioning, and both of those were in much lesser condition. Also note that this poster has been paperbacked. What is paperbacking? This means the poster was backed onto a paper backing (acid-free), that is similar in feel to that of the original poster (except somewhat heavier). It is a similar process to linenbacking, except that most collectors use linenbacking for one-sheets and paperbacking for half-sheets, inserts, window cards, and lobby cards. Finally, note that because this poster was paperbacked onto a thicker paper backing, it CAN'T be sent rolled (someone could conceivably roll it or try to do so, but we think it would have a strong chance of lessening its condition, so we will only send it in a large flat package, unless the buyer insists, and then they would be responsible for any damage). What IS paperbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: very good. Prior to paperbacking, the poster had tiny paper loss in the left half of the horizontal fold, with a much lesser amount of wear on the other folds. It had some minor wear in the borders. Overall, the poster was in very good condition prior to paperbacking. The poster was nicely backed, and displays well! Learn More about condition grades 
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