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Auction History Result M051 RACING LUCK linen three-sheet movie poster '35 William Boyd Date Sold 4/27/2004Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked Three-Sheet Movie Poster (measures 41" x 81") (Learn More) Racing Luck, the 1935 Sam Newfield horse racing sports thriller starring William Boyd (billed as "Bill Boyd"), Barbara Worth, Ernest Hilliard, Esther Muir, George Ernest, and Onest Conley (a black African American actor who only appeared in a limited number of movies). Note that this is a VERY mysterious movie, because of how little we could find about its first release. The IMDb says it is a Republic movie, but the only lobby card we have ever had is from Winchester Pictures, and the only poster we have ever had (the three-sheet) does not have any distributor on it at all! We strongly suspect that the IMDb is wrong and that this movie is from Winchester Pictures, and we can't explain the extreme rarity of its posters. It seems definitely possible that the company Winchester Pictures might have gone out of business, and maybe the movie was sold to Republic Pictures at a later time. The biggest mystery is that Bill Boyd made this movie at the same time as his first Hopalong Cassidy movies, and was apparently released right after the first two Hopalong Cassidy movies. Perhaps Paramount Pictures didn't want this movie released at that same time. All this is guesswork, but it is certainly true that all movie paper from this early William Boyd movie is extremely rare! If anyone knows more about this, please e-mail us and we will post it here. 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: This three-sheet was printed in 2 sections and is linenbacked. Condition: very good. This poster was linenbacked, and the restorer did a good job, but you can see signs of the restoration from inches away (since most people look at posters framed on a wall from at least a few feet away, we don't feel this is a defect, but we feel it should be noted). See below for this poster's pre-restoration condition (we are the only major auction company we know of that shares this information with our bidders, but we wish everyone did!). very good. Poster had small paper loss on some foldlines and at some crossfolds. It had minor smudges and creases throughout, as well as some tears on some foldlines and some border defects, including pinholes in the corners. It is important to note that the right 8" of the bottom section of the poster was not well glued, and is starting to lift from the linen. But it would be extremely easy for any talented linenbacker to re-glue this section, and then this minor flaw would be corrected. Also note that the poster was roughly handled after linenbacking, and there is now a tear near the bottom center of the poster (approximately 2" from the bottom) going through the poster and the linen. It is not very noticeable, and I would think a restorer could mend it. Otherwise, the poster is well linenbacked, and the restored defects are not very noticeable. Learn More about condition grades 
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