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Auction History Result 4d0221 FREE & EASY 1/2sh 1930 great image of Buster Keaton in his first all talking picture, rare! Date Sold 4/16/2023 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Half-Sheet Movie Poster (1/2sh; measures 22" x 28" [56 x 71 cm]) (Learn More) Free and Easy, the 1930 Edward Sedgwick Hollywood California movie making romantic musical comedy (about a Kansas girl who wins a beauty contest and her and her mother get a trip to Hollywood along with an agent who is supposed to look after her, but he actually is in love with her!) starring Buster Keaton ("His first all talking picture"), Anita Page, Trixie Friganza, Robert Montgomery, Fred Niblo, and Lionel Barrymore. Note that because a major plot point involved the leads going to Hollywood and trying to break into movies, MGM had many of their top stars appear in cameo roles during a sequence where Buster Keaton is chased through various sound stages where MGM movies were being filmed. Also note that this was Buster Keaton's first talking picture, and of course, we know that he did not have nearly the success in talkies as he had in silents, but that was caused by other reasons (he had a great speaking voice for a comedian!). 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: Note that we have only previously auctioned one example of this half-sheet, and that was 8 years ago, when it sold for $1,016. That poster has now been reconsigned to us, so this is still the only example we have ever auctioned! A talented restorer gel backed the poster (meaning they backed the poster onto a gel material) and they then performed excellent restoration to the defects described below, and then removed the gel backing, so that the poster still exactly looks and feels like an original poster (and it is!), with no backing at all. The restoration was done really well, and the poster displays really well! Note that this poster was gel backed, and while it could be rolled and sent in a tube, we would worry that doing so would either damage the poster or bring back the folds. Therefore, we would much prefer to send it in a large flat package, given its rarity and value. However, if the new buyer insists, we will send it in a tube, but only if they accept responsibility for doing so. What IS gelbacking? Learn More Condition: very good. The poster was gel backed (see above). This particular poster had never been folded. It had a tear and tiny paper loss in the bottom of the "F" of "FREE" and an enlarged pinhole in the top of the first "E" of "FREE". It had enlarged pinholes in the right corners, with some creases and smudges around the edges, with a few small pinholes and tiny tears. It had a 3" tear in the left of the top border going into the brown background to the right of Keaton's head. Other than the above, the poster was in pretty nice condition prior to being restored. The poster was gel backed by a talented professional and expert restoration was performed to the above defects. The poster looks great, and best of all, it still completely looks and feels like an unrestored poster! Learn More about condition grades 
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