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PRIVATE LIFE OF HENRY VIII PRIVATE LIFE OF HENRY VIII English 1sh OR search current auctions Auction History Result 8x047 PRIVATE LIFE OF HENRY VIII linen English 1sh R1940s art of Charles Laughton, Alexander Korda Date Sold 12/8/2009 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Undated (probably 1940s) Re-Release Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked English One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 27" x 40") (Learn More) The Private Life of Henry the Eighth, the 1933 Alexander Korda English royalty historical romantic melodrama ("Every woman got it in the neck - eventually"; "He gave his wives a pain in the neck"; nominated for the Best Picture Academy Award; very loosely based on historical events) starring Charles Laughton (winner of the Best Actor Academy Award for this film; in the title role as King Henry VIII), Robert Donat, Merle Oberon (as Anne Boleyn, in her first important role!), Binnie Barnes (as Katherine Howard), Elsa Lanchester (as Anne of Cleves), Franklin Dyall, Miles Mander, Wendy Barrie (as Jane Seymour), Everley Gregg (as Katherine Parr), and John Loder. Note that Elsa Lanchester was married to Charles Laughton four years before this movie was made (and remained married to him until his death in 1962), and her scenes with Laughton in this movie are particularly delightful! 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: What IS linenbacking? "Linenbacking" is a process that is used to preserve movie posters (the best restorers de-acidify the poster during the restoration process), and to make them far easier to display (it is much easier and less expensive to frame a linenbacked poster). When linenbacking is done correctly, it adds to the value of the poster, and is NOT a defect! Note that the specific poster in this auction was well linenbacked, but the restorer did not attempt to make the poster look "perfect". You may still see some slight evidence of the restoration and/or the defects when you look at the poster from inches away, and you may be able to see slight signs of restoration even from a distance. But the poster now looks quite nice, and I think most collectors would be quite happy to display this poster on their wall. In general, know that we received many of the linenbacked posters we are currently selling already linenbacked, but we have examined every poster EXTREMELY carefully, and we did our best to describe what condition the poster was in PRIOR to restoration, the defects the poster had PRIOR to restoration (in the "Pre-Restoration Defects & Quality of Restoration" section), any unrestored defects, and, when it seemed worth noting, something about the quality of the restoration itself. Many other auction houses claim to match what we do in this area, but EVERY person who regularly buys movie posters from major auctions can tell you this is just not the case! We never intentionally overgrade a single item, we never "accidentally" miss defects, and we never enhance a single image! Condition: very good. The poster had tears and small paper loss in the "ton" of "Laughton". There were some tears and small areas of paper loss around the edges of the poster and some minor fold wear. Overall, the poster was in very good condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was nicely backed, and displays well! Learn More about condition grades 
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