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Auction History Result 2s385 LION IS IN THE STREETS Belgian '54 the gutter was James Cagney's throne, cool art! Date Sold 10/28/2014 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original 1954 (from the first release of this movie in Belgium) Vintage Theatrical Folded Belgian Movie Poster (measures 14 1/4" x 19 1/4" [36 x 49 cm]) (Learn More) A Lion is in the Streets, the 1953 Raoul Walsh Louisiana romantic love triangle political melodrama ("He was king of a double-cross empire ..and the gutter was his throne!"; "The chiselers, the cheap tin-horns, the two-time ladies and two-bit crooks - They all made the little guy a big, big wheel ...and then he started grinding them down!"; " Flamingo--the bayou swamp-cat in skin tight blue-jeans she was his back-door queen!"; "Castleberry--a spotless record-except for the blood on his hands!"; "Jeb Brown--his heart was too big it made an easy target"; "Sam Beach - he was all brass - right down to his brass knuckles!"; "Guy Polli - a rat who squirmed through every loophole in the law!"; about a charismatic peddler from the bayou who finds his true calling in politics) starring James Cagney ("in a roaring role of fury from the roaring best-seller!"), Barbara Hale, Anne Francis, Warner Anderson, John McIntire, Jeanne Cagney (James Cagney's sister), Lon Chaney Jr. (billed as "Lon Chaney"), Frank McHugh, Larry Keating, Onslow Stevens, and James Millican. Note that this movie was clearly loosely based on the life of Huey Long. In 1949, another movie based on his life, "All the King's Men", was a major success, and this movie was made four years later, but it was based on a 1945 book. 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 has been trimmed and it now measures 14 1/4" x 19 1/4" [36 x 49 cm]. Also note that this poster was folded at one time but has been laying flat for a long time and will be sent rolled in a tube. Note that this item (and others we are auctioning in this set of auctions) come to us from the estate of Lee Sanders. Mr. Sanders was a nationally recognized projectionist, film poster collector, and union activist who passed away earlier this year, and the net proceeds from the sale of his varied and eclectic collection will be donated to promote film studies at the Besant School of Happy Valley in Ojai, Ca. Condition: 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). Learn More about condition grades 
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