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Auction History Result 9d164 DIVORCE OF LADY X linen Belgian R40s different art of Merle Oberon & Laurence Olivier! Date Sold 6/2/2013 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Undated (probably 1940s) Re-Release Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked Belgian Movie Poster (measures 14 1/2" x 19" [37 x 48 cm]) (Learn More) The Divorce of Lady X, the 1938 Tim Whelan English romantic mistaken identity divorce lawyer comedy ("Xceedingly funny! That's the only way to describe it! And We Bet You'll Laugh Till You're Xhausted!"; "A Comedy in Technicolor"; "'Who was the Lady in room 315?' Mayfair boiled with gossip... as the frantic young woman-hater combed the town to find the nameless beauty who had stolen his pajamas and his bed."; "'Where were you on the night of January 22nd?'"; "And what kind of a hussy was she... stealing a stranger's book and his pajamas and his bed and not even leaving her name."; "Thanks for the use of your bed--"; produced by Alexander Korda; about a divorce lawyer who, due to a shortage of hotel rooms, shares his suite with a beautiful lady, and then believes her to be married, but he chases after her because he mistakenly believes she is the soon-to-be ex-wife of his newest client) starring Merle Oberon, Laurence Olivier, Binnie Barnes, Ralph Richardson, Morton Selten, and H.B. Hallam 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 poster is printed on the back of part of a map! Why is this? During World War II, there were massive paper shortages in Belgium. Where Belgian movie posters had previously been approximately 23" x 32", there was such a shortage of paper that not only did they often have to print them on the back of other posters or maps, but during World War II, the size of the posters shrank dramatically, with some of them as small as 11" x 15". This situation continued even after World War II, until around 1946 or 1947, when they began making Belgian movie posters in a size of roughly 14" x 22", which became the standard size, and continued for decades! The posters like these that are from during World War II or immediately after, and which are printed in a small size (often on the back of other posters or maps) are INCREDIBLY rare (surely they did not print many, and surely many of them were soon recycled themselves! The poster has also been trimmed and it now measures 14 1/2" x 19" [37 x 48 cm]. What IS linenbacking? Learn More UPDATED 05/28/2013: Note that we initially listed this poster as being from a 1940s first release. However, we now believe that it is likely from a 1940s re-release (shortly after the end of World War II). We have updated the auction accordingly. Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: very good. The poster originally had a blank top that was neatly trimmed off (this is commonly done with Belgian posters, similar to how the blank top is trimmed off of U.S. window cards). The poster also was printed on the back of a map, but that only slightly shows through in the borders and the light colored areas. It also had minor wear on the foldlines and some . Overall, the poster was in good to very good condition prior to linenbacking. The restorer backed the poster "in the European style", meaning that they did not do restoration to the defects described above. Learn More about condition grades 
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