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Auction History Result 4j044 SHE WORE A YELLOW RIBBON style A 1/2sh '49 art of John Wayne & Joanne Dru, John Ford classic! Date Sold 12/8/2013 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Paperbacked Style A Half-Sheet Movie Poster (1/2sh; measures 22" x 28" [56 x 71 cm]) (Learn More) She Wore A Yellow Ribbon, the classic 1949 John Ford romantic U.S. Cavalry cowboy western ("Epic Frontier Drama, John Ford's New and Finest Picture of the Fighting Cavalry!"; "Brave in every line! Thrilling in every scene! Romantic in every feature!") starring John Wayne, Joanne Dru, John Agar, Ben Johnson, Harry Carey Jr., Victor McLaglen, Mildred Natwick, George O'Brien, and Arthur Shields. Note that George O'Brien had been a World War I soldier and Navy boxing champion, and after he left the Navy, he worked as a stuntman, and in 1924, John Ford picked him to star in his historic epic "The Iron Horse". He became a major 1920s star, and worked consistently in the 1930s, and then he re-enlisted at the start of World War II, when he was over 40 years old! After the war, his old friend and mentor John Ford gave him parts in three westerns, including this one! Note that the song that is the basis of the title of this movie was written for this movie (and became very popular in the decades after), but variations of it as a song and poem had been around for four centuries! The first copyrighted version of this song was in 1917, and it was similar to this one. The yellow ribbon (originally "yeller") referred to the yellow neckerchief worn by members of the U.S. Cavalry in the 1800s, although earlier versions referred to different yellow ribbons. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Artist: Harold Von Schmidt Important Added Info: Note that the half-sheet posters from this classic John Wayne western are far more rare than the one-sheets or lobby cards! We have only once before auctioned this style A half-sheet, and we also auctioned a style B half-sheet, but those are the only two half-sheets we have ever auctioned before this one! Also note that this poster has been paperbacked. What IS paperbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: very good. Prior to paperbacking, the poster was never machine folded, but it was rolled, which caused some light partial vertical creases scattered in the poster. It had a few creases, pinholes, and tears around the edges. There was a tiny pinhole in Dru's shoulder. Overall, the poster was in very good condition prior to paperbacking. The poster was nicely backed. At some point after it was backed, it acquired a 1" scratch in the middle right that starts at Dru's right shoulder and goes through the man's hair and ends at his forehead (see our image). Any restorer could easily touch up this scratch without re-backing the poster. Learn More about condition grades 
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