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Auction History Result

4j208 HEAVEN CAN WAIT linen Italian 1p R52 best Ballester art of Gene Tierney, Ernst Lubitsch

Date Sold 12/8/2013
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A 1952 Re-Release Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked Italian One-Panel (known in Italy as a "2 Fogli") Movie Poster (1p; measures 39" x 55" [99 x 140 cm]) (Learn More)

Heaven Can Wait, the 1943 Ernst Lubitsch (nominated for the Best Director Academy Award for this film) romantic fantasy comedy ("It's a peek thru the keyhole at those naughty, nifty nineties!"; "It's a saucy, sparkling story of the nifty, naughty nineties! Here's the story mama and papa didn't tell you!"; "Ernst Lubitsch's production of Heaven Can Wait"; "Screen play by Samson Raphaelson"; "Based upon the play 'Birthday' by Lazlo Bus-Fekete"; nominated for the Best Picture Academy Award; about a man who has recently passed away, and he feels he has led a very sinful life, and he explains to the Devil why he should be placed in Hell!) starring Gene Tierney, Don Ameche, Charles Coburn, Marjorie Main, Laird Cregar, Spring Byington, Allyn Joslyn, Eugene Pallette, Signe Hasso, and Louis Calhern
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Artist: Anselmo Ballester
Important Added Info: Note that we have seen Italian photobustas that were dated 1948, so this movie had at least some release in Italy at that time (but any Italian posters from the 1940s are incredibly scarce). Since this poster is dated 1952, it is a re-release, but we have never seen a poster from that 1948 release (assuming that they were made). If anyone knows more about this, please e-mail us and we will post it here.

Note that it is difficult to accurately date Italian posters, and some unmarked re-release posters can be extremely difficult to distinguish from first releases, so please bear that in mind before you place a bid. We used our best information to date this poster, but we can't always guarantee that the Italian posters we sell are not from an unmarked re-release, but this will only prove to be true in a very tiny number of cases.

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Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: good to very good. The poster had thumb tack holes, stains, tears, and some paper loss around the edges of the poster in the blank borders. It had pretty minor wear on the foldlines. Overall, the poster was in good to very good condition prior to linenbacking. The restorer backed the poster "in the European style", meaning that they did little restoration to the defects described above (likely rightfully assuming they will not show when the poster is framed).
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