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Auction History Result 4g656 JOHN WAYNE stock 1sh '40s image of John Wayne, Gabby Hayes, Neath The Arizona Skies Date Sold 8/23/2011 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Undated (probably 1940s) Vintage Theatrical Folded Stock One-Sheet Movie Poster (measures 27" x 41") (Learn More) one of four John Wayne stock one-sheets (and an insert) used by theaters to advertise re-released (and in some countries, the first release) John Wayne cowboy western movies that he made for Lone Star Pictures in 1933 and 1934. The first of these one-sheets was made by Lone Star Pictures itself in 1934, and has an artwork image of a cowboy on a horse that does not resemble John Wayne. The second of these was made in 1939 when John Wayne achieved major stardom with Stagecoach, and distributors rushed to re-release his many 1930s B-westerns to theaters, and one poster shows a recognizable John Wayne on a rearing horse with an inset image in the top right corner. There are two other Lone Star stock John Wayne posters that we believe date to the late 1940s (probably 1947), when he had even greater success with his World War II movies, and one has him standing full-length by a tree, and the other has a closer image of him along with Gabby Hayes. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Important Added Info: Note that this is a "stock" poster created by Lone Star Western for use by theaters showing re-releases of their 1930s John Wayne movies in the 1940s. Theaters would order this poster, which had a large blank rectangle in the bottom right. Sometimes the studio would overprint the stock poster with the title of a specific movie, and sometimes they sent a series of large paper snipes with the titles of specific entries of the series, so the theater could paste in each snipe as needed, thus getting many posters for the price of one. Sometimes stock posters are found with blank snipe areas. Most collectors consider them more valuable with a printed snipe attached, or with an overprinted snipe area. Condition: good to very good. There is tattering and paper loss at the top and bottom crossfolds. The poster is otherwise in generally nice condition. Learn More about condition grades 
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