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Auction History Result 2c061 BLACKWELL'S ISLAND insert 1939 great c/u of John Garfield & nurse Rosemary Lane, ultra rare! Date Sold 12/12/2019 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Folded Insert Movie Poster (measures 14" x 36" [36 x 91 cm]) (Learn More) Blackwell's Island, the 1939 William C. McGann & Michael Curtiz New York City prison convict crime thriller ("John Garfield dramatically exposes Blackwell's Island"; "Original story by Crane Wilbur & Lee Katz") starring John Garfield, Rosemary Lane, Dick Purcell, Victor Jory, and Stanley Fields. Note that this movie was loosely based on real life events. In 1828, New York City purchased this island, which was in the harbor outside New York City, and put a prison there. They later added a mental institution for mentally ill patients and also a hospital. But over the years, there was massive corruption at the prison. In 1934, a major racketeer set up shop inside the prison, running his criminal enterprises from within the prison (a real life "Dr. Mabuse", the master criminal that Fritz Lang had running a German criminal empire from within a mental hospital). It took a lot of doing, but New York City was able to shut down the criminal enterprise and somewhat clean up the prison, and this movie was a fictionalized version of those events. 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 never before auctioned this insert! Also note that this poster was folded at one time but has been laying flat for a long time and will be sent rolled in a tube. Condition: good. The card has darkened, typical of Warner Bros. linen inserts of this period. It was once glued to a board and removed, and it has some creases and ripples scattered throughout. It has pinholes in the corners, with tiny paper loss in the bottom right corner. In spite of the above defects, the poster can be displayed and enjoyed as it is, or certainly, some restoration could be performed. Learn More about condition grades 
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