eMoviePoster.com
Auction History Result 3r139 STRIKE ME LUCKY linen Aust 1sh '34 Roy Rene as Mo McIsaac, Australia's greatest comedian! Date Sold 12/9/2014 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked Australian One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 30" x 40" [76 x 102 cm]) (Learn More) Strike Me Lucky, the 1934 Ken G. Hall Australian mistaken identity kidnapping musical crime comedy ("Australia's greatest comedian on the screen!"; "Cinesound's merry Mo-sical comedy"; "It's Mo [Roy Rene] in the movies"; Rene appears as his most famous character "Mo", a hapless Jewish man noted for his black and white makeup, who finds a young girl in the street, and tries to help her, but it turns out she is the daughter of a rich man, and she is kidnapped, and Mo is blamed for the crime; he goes into the Bush searching for gold and is attacked by Aborigine cannibals, but is ultimately cleared) starring Roy Rene (as Mo McIsaac), Yvonne Banvard (as a Mae West impersonator), Lorraine Smith, John D'Arcy, and Dan Agar. Note that this movie is largely unknown by modern day audiences, as is its star Roy Rene, but at one time, this was a legendary movie! Roy Rene was an early vaudeville actor in Australia in the very early 1900s. He was the child of Dutch/Jewish parents, and he started performing on stage as a child, and in 1914, when he was 23, he adopted the persona of "Mo", wearing heavy black and white makeup, and this character became as famous in Australia as Charlie Chaplin's Tramp was in America at exactly the same time! In 1916, he teamed with Nat Phillips, who became "Stiffy", and they formed "Stiffy and Mo", and were a major success until 1925, when they split up after a disagreement. He performed solo for two years, and in 1927, he reconciled with Phillips, and they again had great success performing as "Stiffy and Mo", but broke up again in 1928. He started his own act, "Mo and His Merrymakers", but did not have the success of "Stiffy and Mo". In 1934, he appeared in this, his only movie, and he was billed as "Australia's greatest comedian on the screen". He preferred the stage, and he performed there until 1946, when he got a radio show. He passed away in 1954. He was never known to U.S. audiences, but visiting U.S. celebrities called him a comic genius. Finally, note that the sequence in the movie where Mo searches for gold in the Bush was inspired by the extremely famous "lost" goldmine called "Lassiter's Reef", which had occurred a few years earlier, and is a fascinating part of Australian history (look it up!). NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Artist: Julian Rose Important Added Info: Note that this is a "country of origin" poster for this Australian movie! We previously auctioned another example of this poster (NOT the same example) in July of 2014, and it auctioned for $2,356! Also note that this Australian one-sheet measures 30" x 40" [76 x 102 cm]. What IS linenbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: good to very good. The poster had many irregular tears scattered across the center of the poster, but only one ran through the Mo's neck, but many tears ran through parts of the title. There were also many tears in the upper right of the poster and a few tears in the lower right (including one running down the center of the little girl). There were tears around the edges of the poster. There was only the tiniest amount of paper loss associated with any of the tears. Overall, the poster was in good condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was pretty well backed, but you can see signs of the above defects and the restoration of the above defects (and there are very few of the defects that at all affect the full-length artwork image of the man down the left side of the poster). The poster will display well on the new owner's wall, but please look closely at our super-sized image and read the above before placing a bid on this poster. Learn More about condition grades 
Postal Mailing Address:
Bruce Hershenson, P.O. Box 874, West Plains, MO 65775. (For our UPS or FedEx address, click here) phone: +1 417 256-9616 fax: +1 417 257-6948 E-mail: Contact Us Hours of Operation: Monday - Friday 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM & 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM (CST) |
|||||||||||||
