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Auction History Result 6z0104 ABBOTT & COSTELLO IN THE FOREIGN LEGION linen A 1/2sh 1950 art of Bud & Lou as Legionnaires! Date Sold 12/24/2020 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked Style A Half-Sheet Movie Poster (1/2sh; measures 22" x 28" [56 x 71 cm]) (Learn More) Abbott and Costello in The Foreign Legion, the 1950 Charles Lamont military French Foreign Legion desert comedy ("Their Newest and Funniest by far!"; "And their First in a Year!"; "Those famous funny men join forces with the world famous fighting men... and the laugh battle is on!") starring Bud Abbott, Lou Costello (Abbott and Costello), Patricia Medina (billed as "Patricia Medina that sly-spy from 'Francis'"), Walter Slezak, Douglass Dumbrille, Tor Johnson, and Marc Lawrence NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: good to very good. The poster was never folded. It had creases, smudges, and tears around the edges, with some pinholes around the edges and a few scattered in the image. It also had creases scattered throughout, including some in the stars' faces. Overall, the poster was in good condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was pretty well backed, but you can see signs of the above defects and the restoration of the above defects. Note that either the restorer who mounted the poster did not leave any excess linen around the edges of the poster, or possibly the owner of the poster chose to carefully trim off the excess, so that the poster would fit in a frame. Learn More about condition grades 
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