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Auction History Result 3k229 MADEMOISELLE MODISTE linen insert '26 full-length French Corinne Griffith w/cigarette holder! Date Sold 9/4/2012 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked Insert Movie Poster (measures 14" x 36" [36 x 91 cm]) (Learn More) Mlle. (Mademoiselle) Modiste, the 1926 Robert Z. Leonard France silent romantic comedy ("Adapted from the famous operetta written by Henry Blossom and composed by Victor Herbert"; about a salesgirl in a French dress shop who is set up in her own shop by a rich American, and he renames her Mlle. Modiste, and her boyfriend misunderstands, and thinks she has become a prostitute!) starring Corinne Griffith, Norman Kerry, Willard Louis, Dorothy Cumming, and Rose Dione. Note that this was an adaptation of an operetta into a silent film, so there couldn't be any music or singing, but the operetta was remade in 1931 as "Kiss Me Again", starring Bernice Claire and Walter Pidgeon. Also note that online databases list this movie is titled "Mademoiselle Modiste", but the posters clearly have "Mlle. Modiste" instead. We wonder if it was actually called "Mademoiselle Modiste" on its first release. Does anyone know one way or the other? 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: fair. The poster had the top corners trimmed (it appears that only blank white background was affected) and it also had a large number of folds and stains throughout with a small area of paper loss in the bottom of one of Griffith's feet, and some paper loss below the director's credit and scattered in the right border. Overall, the poster was in fair condition prior to linenbacking. Someone simply backed the poster as is and did no restoration, and it is "lifting" from the linen in the lower right corner. Also, at some point after it was backed, it became water stained on the back of the bottom 8". Please do not bid on this poster unless you can accept its defects described above or are willing to pay to have further restoration! Learn More about condition grades 
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