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Auction History Result 7a0283 HELL'S ANGELS linen 3sh R1939 Ben Lyon & Jean Harlow in New Streamlined Version, ultra rare! Date Sold 8/4/2024 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. A 1939 Re-Release Theatrical Linenbacked Three-Sheet Movie Poster (3sh; measures 41" x 81" [104 x 206 cm]) (Learn More) Hell's Angels, the classic 1930 Howard Hughes World War I (WWI) England Royal Flying Corps military airplane aviation pilot romantic love triangle melodrama ("Howard Hughes' Thrilling Air Spectacle"; "Howard Hughes' Amazing Air Spectacle"; "The First Multi-Million Dollar Talking Picture"; "Howard Hughes' thrilling multi-million dollar - air spectacle"; produced by Howard Hughes; about two brothers at Oxford who join the RAF when World War I starts, and they both fall for the same beautiful girl, but when they go off on a bombing mission, they return to find her with yet a third man) starring Jean Harlow, Ben Lyon, James Hall, John Darrow, Lucien Prival, and Douglas Gilmore. Note that filming on this movie originally started in 1927, and it was being filmed as a silent, and Greta Nissen had the lead female role. But the movie took a very long time to make, and by that point, sound had taken over Hollywood, and producer/director Howard Hughes made the unusual decision to entirely re-shoot the movie with sound. And since Greta Nissen had a strong Norwegian accent (which made no difference in silent movies, but obviously was terrible for sound), and since Jean Harlow had come along, Hughes replaced Nissen with Harlow, which was the greatest break of Harlow's career, but heartbreaking for Nissen, who continued in movies without a big break until 1937, when she retired! 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 we have only previously auctioned one example of this 1939 re-release three-sheet, and that was 13 years ago, when it sold for $1,051 (and we have never before auctioned a first release three-sheet). There is something very humorous about this poster. The movie was a World War I classic, but it was brought back to theaters in 1939 as World War II was being fought in Europe. The unknown poster designer thought to add a swastika to the crashing airship, even though the Nazi party had not even been born at the time of World War I! Note that this poster says "New Streamlined Version", and Lyon, Hall, and Harlow are all prominently billed. It is from either 1939 or 1940, but much more likely 1939, and that it carried over into 1940 in theaters. There is also a 1947 re-release, and it is again by Astor, but by this point, Jean Harlow's star had faded so much, that they didn't even bother to bill her or picture her on the one-sheet! What IS linenbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: good. The poster had paper loss at the crossfolds and some tears and tiny paper loss on parts of the folds. It had yellowed tape stains and paper loss around the edges. Overall, the poster was in 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. One could accept the poster as it is, or have additional restoration performed, either with or without re-backing the poster, but bear all of the above in mind before bidding on this extremely rare poster. Learn More about condition grades 
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