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Auction History Result

9r0561 3 SMART GIRLS 1/2sh 1936 15 year old Deanna Durbin in her 1st movie, Read, Grey, ultra rare!

Date Sold 9/2/2021
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An Original Vintage Theatrical Paperbacked Half-Sheet Movie Poster (1/2sh; measures 22" x 28" [56 x 71 cm]) (Learn More)

3 Smart Girls, the 1936 Henry Koster New York City romantic family relationship teen sisters musical comedy ("The New Universal announces the screen debut of a glorious new voice to thrill the millions!"; "Original Story by Adele Commandini"; nominated for the Best Picture Academy Award) starring Deanna Durbin (in her first movie role, right after she turned 15 years old!; billed as "The New Universal Announces The Screen Debut of Deanna Durbin, Radio's Sensational Singing Star!"), Binnie Barnes, Alice Brady, Ray Milland, Charles Winninger, Mischa Auer, Nan Grey, Barbara Read, John King, Lucille Watson, Ernest Cossart, Hobart Cavanaugh, Wade Boteler, and Lane Chandler
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Important Added Info: Note that this is one of a remarkable collection of sixteen half-sheets from Deanna Durbin movies (which are being auctioned in sixteen separate auctions). These were collected over many decades and are incredibly rare, so this is a wonderful opportunity to purchase one or more of these ultra rare posters! Note that this is an extremely rare poster. We have never auctioned one in all our years of auctioning!

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Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: good. The poster was never folded. It had tears, smudges and stains around the edges, entering into the yellow background in some areas. It had a long diagonal tear in the upper left that entered the small writing, and it completely separated that piece from the rest of the poster. It had a few smudges and scuffs scattered through the image. Someone paperbacked the poster, and did fairly minimal restoration to the border defects, but we still think it displayed pretty well when it was first backed. Over the years since then, it was roughly handled and it is now somewhat rippled and there is a 1" tear with a crease above it in the bottom center and a 8" crease in the bottom right with some other creases around the edges. If I owned this incredibly rare and historic poster, I would surely have a top professional re-paperback it, and after proper restoration it will display wonderfully. Please bear in mind the abveo defects and look at our super-sized image before bidding.
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