eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 7a0496 STAR IS BORN linen 1/2sh 1954 great c/u art of Judy Garland, James Mason, George Cukor! Date Sold 8/4/2024Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked Half-Sheet Movie Poster (1/2sh; measures 22" x 28" [56 x 71 cm]) (Learn More) A Star Is Born, the classic 1954 George Cukor theater stage acting musical romantic melodrama ("We believe there hasn't been before, even once, such a performance by a motion picture star, such perfection in motion picture entertainment!"; "There has been no performance like Judy Garland's. There has been no picture like 'A Star is Born'."; about an aging star who marries an up-and-coming star; partially based on the true story of Al Jolson and Ruby Keeler, which had been previously somewhat covered in "The Jolson Story" in 1946) starring Judy Garland (nominated for of the Best Actress Academy Award for this film; her loss to Grace Kelly was famously quipped by Groucho Marx as "the biggest robbery since Brink's"!), James Mason (nominated for the Best Actor Academy Award for this film), Jack Carson, Charles Bickford, Tommy Noonan, Lucy Marlow, Amanda Blake, Irving Bacon, James Brown, Lotus Robb, Richard Webb, and Sam Colt. Note that this movie was loosely remade in 1976, with Barbra Streisand and Kris Kristoffersen in the lead roles, and they were updated to being rock 'n' roll (rock and roll) performers. It was remade again in 2018, with Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper! 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 originally had a studio issued corrective snipe in the middle of the tagline at the right of the poster. The snipe corrects a tactical error! (Originally, the tagline read "We believe there hasn't been before, even once, such a performance by a motion picture star, such perfection in motion picture entertainment!", and someone felt it was slighting all the other actors in the movie (especially James Mason), so it was corrected to read "We believe there hasn't been before, even once, such performances by motion picture stars, such perfection in motion picture entertainment!"! There was a similar problem with the different tagline on the insert, which they also corrected with a studio issued snipe! Note that this poster was linenbacked and restored by the "Backing to the Future" company, which provided a 7 3/4" x 9 3/4" certificate stating that the restoration was performed by them in February 2020. It is only recently that we have seen a certificate like this, but we hope that many restorers will consider doing the same, because that lets the buyer know both which company did the restoration, and they can also ask them questions about the specific poster (and in this case, the poster is numbered, so that they know exactly which poster it was, in case they restored more than one example of it). What IS linenbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: good. The poster had a corrective credits snipe glued over part of the tagline in the middle right (see above). The person who restored the poster removed that snipe, but it caused the poster to become discolored in that area. The poster was never folded, but it had some creases, scuffs, and stains scattered throughout. Overall, the poster was in good condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was pretty well backed, but you can clearly see signs of the above defects and the restoration of the above defects. Learn More about condition grades
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