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Auction History Result 8y007 L'ATALANTE linen French 1p R1940 Jean Vigo, art of Michel Simon playing accordion, very rare! Date Sold 9/10/2019 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Undated (probably 1940) Re-Release Theatrical Linenbacked French One-Panel "Grande" Movie Poster (1p; measures 43" x 60" [109 x 152 cm]) (Learn More) L'Atalante (Le Chaland Qui Passe) (literally translates to "L'Atalante [The Barge Who Passed]"), the classic 1934 (released in the U.S. in 1947) Jean Vigo French romantic comedy starring Michel Simon, Dita Parlo (she was a sexy German actress of the late 1920s who had great success in two French movies, "La Grande Illusion" in 1937 and this movie; she came to the United States, and was going to be in Orson Welles' version of Joseph Conrad's "Heart of Darkness", but that movie fell through; she is idolized by Madonna!), Jean Daste, Gilles Margaritis, and Louis Lefebvre. Note that this 89-minute movie was first shown in April 1934, perhaps only to exhibitors and distributors at a single theater in Paris. This version is lost. In September 1934, Gaumont attempted to recoup its investment in the movie and hired Louis Chavance to cut it to 67 minutes, and a new musical score was added, and it was re-titled "Le Chaland Qui Passe", but it was still unpopular and had a very limited release. In 1940, there was a new version that restored some portions of the original version, and it was advertised as "L'Atlante (Le Chalant Qui Passe)", and it was shown in France and England in 1940, and later, in 1947, in the U.S. In 1950, the Cinematheque Francaise released an 83-minute version, and while it did not restore the original, but rather combined all available versions and even outtakes and rushes! In 1990, Gaumont issued yet another restored version based on the BFI's copy, which was not the complete first version, but was the most complete one existing, and they added in a few added minutes so that it would be the same running time as the 89-minute original! First release posters from any of the pre-World War II versions of this movie are incredibly rare! 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 this is a "country of origin" poster for this French movie, which we have only previously auctioned twice before, and the last time was 13 years ago! What IS linenbacking? Learn More Note that this poster ships in a very long tube (at least 33" long, but possibly 50" long or more). Therefore the shipping for this poster will be more than that for a poster that ships in a tube 32" or shorter, and possibly much more. Please bear this added shipping expense in mind before bidding on this poster. You can tell how long of a tube this poster needs to ship in by looking at the shorter dimension of its length and width and then adding 4" to that (so a 47" x 63" poster will need to ship in a 51" long tube). Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: very good. The poster had tiny paper loss at the crossfolds and tiny tears and tiny bits of paper loss on parts of some folds, with tiny pinholes in the corners and a few pinholes scattered in the image. Overall, the poster was in very good condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was nicely backed, and displays well! Learn More about condition grades 
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