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Auction History Result 3m105 SWISS MISS style D 1sh '38 Hirschfeld art of Stan Laurel & Oliver Hardy with piano in Alps! Date Sold 9/6/2012 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Folded Style D One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 27" x 41" [69 x 104 cm]) (Learn More) Swiss Miss, the 1938 John G. Blystone romantic Switzerland screwball comedy ("In a big, lavish, musical super feature"; "Original story by Jean Negulesco and Charles Rogers"; produced by Hal Roach; about two mouse trap salesmen who go broke in Switzerland, and they get jobs in a hotel, and get involved with a chambermaid who is actually a famous opera singer spying on her husband) starring Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy (Laurel and Hardy), Della Lind, Walter Woolf King, Eric Blore, Grete Natzler, Adia Kuznetzoff, and Charles Gemora (as the man in the gorilla suit, in a memorable sequence where Laurel and Hardy are trying to move a piano over a rope bridge). Note that Charles Gemora played gorillas in many movies, likely because he owned a gorilla suit, and could do a somewhat convincing job portraying a gorilla. Just a few years later, Ray 'Crash' Corrigan would also start playing gorillas, and no doubt they competed for roles in every movie requiring a gorilla! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Artist: Al Hirschfeld Condition: good to very good. The poster is slightly discolored and there are some areas of ink transfer in the background areas at right from it being stored folded for a long period of time. There is a series of tiny holes at upper and lower right and left along the top and bottom horizontal folds and there are some tack holes around the edges of the poster. There is some small paper loss at the crossfold at center and there is approximately 1" of separation at the other crossfolds and ends of the foldlines. There is a small amount of tattering around the edges of the poster. Fortunately, this is the kind of poster that responds really well to professional restoration. It is likely that much or all of the discoloration and ink transfer can be removed through chemical means and the poster's other defects are mostly in solid color background and border areas. After linenbacking the poster will look fantastic, although I think most collectors could happily display this great poster on their wall just as it is! Learn More about condition grades 
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