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Auction History Result g013 ACCIDENTS WILL HAPPEN one-sheet movie poster '38 Ronald Reagan Date Sold 4/10/2007Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Folded One-Sheet Movie Poster (measures 27" x 41") (Learn More) Accidents Will Happen, the 1938 William Clemens romantic love triangle insurance fraud crime thriller ("The fake accident racket exposed!"; about an insurance investigator who has a very ambitious wife, and she borrows money from a loan company, and when she can't pay it back, she participates in insurance fraud, knowing her husband will be the investigator, and will trust her, which he does; but he is caught and fired, and when he learns it was his wife's fault, he leaves her; he takes up with a cigarette girl, and together they pull off insurance frauds; then they get involved with a big insurance fraud that is run by the head of a bogus company; but when he discovers his ex-wife is in on the fraud, he turns state's evidence against the whole gang, and they are all sent to jail, including his ex-wife, and he gets his old job back!) starring Ronald Reagan, Gloria Blondell (younger sister of actress Joan Blondell), Dick Purcell, Hugh O'Connell, and Sheila Bromley. Note that this was an unusual role for Ronald Reagan, who usually played very clean cut characters! Also note that Gloria Blondell apparently got her start in movies thanks to her sister Joan, with a supporting role in the movie she made before this. But apparently she did not catch on at all, because after this starring role, she was reduced to minor supporting roles, and some TV. 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 this was printed by the "other company". This was a company in the Midwest that from roughly 1936 to roughly 1941 printed its own one-sheets and lobby card sets (and a very few inserts and half-sheets) for three major studio movies (Warner Brothers, Paramount and United Artists, but no other studios). The posters and lobby cards are from the original release of the movie, and almost always have completely different artwork from the regular studio release. They never have the name of the releasing studio on the poster or any of the lobby cards. Sometimes, "other company" posters or lobby cards have images that are the equal of those from the regular studio release posters or lobby cards! Condition: good. Note that there are many tiny tears on the vertical foldline, with separation in the bottom 8" of the vertical foldline, and a piece of tape on the back of the bottom crossfold. Learn More about condition grades 
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