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Auction History Result 7a0684 LIFE OF THE PARTY linen 1sh 1920 art of Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle with girl on lap, ultra rare! Date Sold 8/4/2024 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 28 1/2" x 41" [72 x 104 cm]) (Learn More) The Life of the Party, the 1920 Joseph Henabery silent politics corruption slapstick comedy ("America's funniest comedian stars in it!"; "From the story by Irvin S. Cobb" about a woman who is fighting to have women nurse their babies rather than buy bottled milk, and she goes to a judge to help her organization, not knowing he is in the pay of the milk company, and she gets an attorney to help her, and he seems incompetent, but he not only ends up helping her win, but he also becomes mayor and wins her hand in marriage) starring Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle ("By arrangement with Joseph M. Schenck"), Winifred Greenwood, Roscoe Karns, Julia Faye, and Frank Campeau. The title of this movie is sadly very ironic, because Fatty Arbuckle is referred to as "The Life of the Party". Just one year after this movie was made, Arbuckle, at the height of his fame, hosted a Hollywood party later referred to as "The Wild Party", where up-and-coming actress Virginia Rappe died, and Arbuckle was tried for her murder, and even though he was acquitted several times, it ruined his career. If only he hadn't been the "life" of THAT party, he would have surely had a very long and successful career. 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 ANY movie paper from this movie is incredibly rare. We have only previously auctioned a pressbook and a glass slide from this movie (and NO other movie paper of any kind, and not any lobby cards or posters) until we received this one-sheet! Also note that this one-sheet measures 28 1/2" x 41" [72 x 104 cm]. What IS linenbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: very good. The poster had pretty minor fold wear, with small paper loss in the center of the top blank border and some small tears and stains in small parts of the borders. Overall, the poster was in very good condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was nicely backed by a top professional, and displays really well! Learn More about condition grades 
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