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Auction History Result Lot #: 1034 GINSBERG THE GREAT linenbacked one-sheet movie poster '27 George Jessel  Date Sold 12/21/2004Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. Appears in Warner Bros Movie Posters at Auction  Only $15.99The image at right appears in the auction catalog we published as shown above and was sold long ago and we do NOT have it available for purchase. However, you can buy the auction catalog it appears in using the "Order" button above. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked One-Sheet Movie Poster (measures 27" x 41") (Learn More) Ginsberg the Great, the 1927 Byron Haskin Jewish silent circus sideshow magician comedy ("Based on the story by Anthony Coldeway") starring George Jessel, Audrey Ferris, Gertrude Astor, Theodore Lorch, Stanley J. "Tiny" Stanford (as a circus strongman), and Akka the Chimp. Jessel had played the lead in "The Jazz Singer" on Broadway, but Warner Bros. felt they needed to go with the much bigger star Al Jolson in its first sound movie (and of course, Samson Raphaelson had loosely based "The Jazz Singer" on Jolson's life, so he was more appropriate to play the part, even though Jessel had played it on Broadway). After "The Jazz Singer", Jessel made a few movies for Warner Bros., including this one, but he did not achieve much screen success in those early sound movies. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Condition: good to very good. This poster was linenbacked, and it had fairly significant defects which were somewhat repaired during the linenbacking process (we describe both the defects as well as the quality of the restoration below). You should also look at our "super-sized" image of the actual poster (we are the only major auction company we know of that gives accurate detailed pre-restoration information about linenbacked posters to our bidders, but we wish everyone did!). the poster had small paper loss at each crossfold and creases, tears, and tiny areas of paper loss down the vertical foldline; there were creases and tears on each horizontal foldline; there were many smudges throughout the yellow background area. The poster had missing pieces and tears in the blank borders, and the person who did the restoration put new blank white paper over all the borders to even out the appearance (but the small writing at the bottom of the poster was not covered over). This is a common technique used by several top restorers. It is done so well that the majority of collectors are not even aware it has been done, and many do not feel it to be a significant detraction (since it is only blank white area). Learn More about condition grades 
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