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Auction History Result Q229 NEVER SAY DIE one-sheet movie poster '39 Bob Hope, Martha Raye Date Sold 5/4/2004Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Folded Style A One-Sheet Movie Poster (measures 27" x 41") (Learn More) Never Say Die, the 1939 Elliott Nugent romantic love triangle screwball comedy ("The funniest Romance that ever chased away the blues!"; "Based on a play by William H. Post"; "Screen Play by Don Hartman, Frank Butler and Preston Sturges"; about a man dodging a widow with many dead husbands who wants to marry him, and he decides to instead marry a rich woman who has been told by her father that she has to marry into royalty) starring Martha Raye, Bob Hope, Andy Devine, Alan Mowbray, Gale Sondergaard, and Ernest Cossart. Note that this is a remake of a 1924 silent comedy starring Douglas Maclean! There is something fascinating about this movie! At the climax of the movie, Bob Hope is challenged to a duel, and Martha Raye helps him by bribing a man to leave one pistol unloaded, and she marks which one it is. She then tells Bob Hope which one it is and which one it is not, and it is a tongue twister, and his rival overhears, and they both try to repeat the phrase that will let them know which gun is which. If this sounds very familiar, it is because it was "borrowed" virtually in its entirety for the classic Danny Kaye movie, The Court Jester (it was improved on and done better in "The Court Jester", but it still was clearly stolen)! We note that the screenplay was co-written by Preston Sturges. We wonder if he was the writer of this comic duel scene. 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. 2" of separation and some paper loss in the middle and bottom crossfolds as well as minor separation in the top crossfold; two tiny stains in the man's chin at lower left; slightly diagonal creases and tiny tears along some of the foldlines from the poster being folded somewhat off-center as well as some minor creases, smudges, and scuffs throughout the poster (mostly along the foldlines); a few tack holes and some 1/2" and smaller tears around the edges of the poster; areas of pencil and pen writing on the back of the poster that do not appear to have any effect on the front Learn More about condition grades 
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