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Auction History Result 7e090 DRUMS linen 11x17 Belgian R40s cool artwork of Sabu, adventure in the heart of mystic India! Date Sold 3/5/2013 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Undated (probably 1940s) Re-Release Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked Belgian Movie Poster (measures 11" x 16 1/2" [28 x 42 cm]) (Learn More) The Drum (released in the U.S. as "Drums"), the 1938 Zoltan Korda English British-in-India war adventure thriller ("The tide of empire sweeps on in the action drama of the year!"; "A stirring epic of India's wild frontier!"; "Superb in the tradition of 'Lives of Bengal Lancer' and all the colorful romantic adventures of mysterious, unconquered India, Alexander Korda has created surging drama of a brave woman's love and a boy's gratitude... magnificent in the new Technicolor."; "IF WE LIVE... The savage life on the frontier... when each day may be the last... made into one of the most stirring action dramas of the year."; "In glorious Technicolor"; "From a story by A.E.W. Mason") starring Sabu Dastagir (billed as "Sabu"), Raymond Massey, Desmond Tester, Roger Livesey, Valerie Hobson, "And a Cast of 3,000" 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 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! What IS linenbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: good. The poster was printed on the back of a map . The printing from the back slightly bleeds through to the front in the light colored areas, especially in the body of the horse and the head of the drum. It was folded once in each direction and once across the bottom of the top play dates area. There were many creases and scuffs along both folds and paper loss at the left end of the horizontal fold across the middle. There were many scuffs and dot stains around the edges, with some scuffs scattered in the image. Overall, the poster was good condition prior to linenbacking. The restorer backed the poster "in the European style", meaning that they did not do restoration to the defects described above. In spite of its many defects, the poster actually displays fairly well just as it is! Learn More about condition grades 
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