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Auction History Result 6t1382 SULLIVANS 1sh R1951 Anne Baxter, Mitchell & five heroic doomed brothers in WWII, ultra rare! Date Sold 7/2/2024 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. A 1951 Re-Release (re-titled "The Fighting Sullivans" for this re-release) Theatrical Folded One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 27" x 41" [69 x 104 cm]) (Learn More) The Sullivans, the 1944 Lloyd Bacon World War II (WWII) Naval romantic melodrama ("Make room in your heart for all of them"; "The Sullivans are moving in!"; "Story by Edward Doherty and Jules Schermer"; based on the true story about five brothers who were all killed on a single ship; the movie was originally made to boost morale but audiences were so upset by it that it was pulled in the U.S. out of fear that it would cause military enlistment to drop!) starring Anne Baxter, Thomas Mitchell, Selena Royle, Edward Ryan, Trudy Marshall, John Campbell, James Cardwell, John Alvin, George Offerman Jr., Ward Bond, and Bobby Driscoll. Note that after this tragic incident, the U.S. Armed Forces changed their rules so that brothers could not serve together at a single location, to make it incredibly unlikely that something like this could happen again. The movie was pulled from theaters quickly after it was made. 20th Century-Fox, which had produced the movie, tried to recoup some of the expenses by selling the rights to it after World War II ended, and it was re-released by Realart during the Korean War (with a new title, "The Fighting Sullivans"), but it did not do well. It is periodically shown on television, and it is REALLY hard to watch, especially if you know what happened before you watch it. 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 we have only once before auctioned an example of this 1951 re-release poster (with completely different battle art) and that was 11 years ago! Condition: good. The poster has separation in the upper right fold edge and minor separation in some other portions of the folds. It has edge defects and some minor crossfold separation. There are tiny creases, tears, and bits of paper loss along portions of the vertical foldline. It has small stickers on back of the corners, and they slightly bleed through to the front, and there is some small surface paper loss at lower right. After proper restoration the rare poster will display well, but bear in mind the poster's condition and the cost of restoration before bidding on it. Learn More about condition grades 
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