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Auction History Result 4r041 TOO MANY HUSBANDS 1/2sh '40 Jean Arthur caught between Fred MacMurray & Melvyn Douglas! Date Sold 4/9/2009 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Paperbacked Style A Half-Sheet Movie Poster (1/2sh; measures 22" x 28") (Learn More) Wesley Ruggles' Too Many Husbands, the 1940 Wesley Ruggles romantic love triangle marital comedy ("This husband returned from the grave... But proved he was no ghost!"; "This husband returned from the office... To find he was no husband!"; "Just married... but to whom?"; "Which one?"; "Just Married"; "How happy she could be with either.... If the other would just go away!"; "A great director brings to the screen Somerset Maugham's hilariously merry play bout the gayest of marital mixups!"; "Based on the play by W. Somerset Maugham") starring Jean Arthur, Fred MacMurray, Melvyn Douglas, Harry Davenport, and Dorothy Peterson. This was one of many, many variations on the "Enoch Arden" theme, where a woman's husband is presumed dead, and she re-marries, and then the first husband returns from the dead, and naturally, she has difficulty knowing which husband to choose. Apparently, this version was very risque and daring, even though it was made long after the Production Code had supposedly ended that kind of behavior in movies! 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 paperbacked. What is paperbacking? This means the poster was backed onto a paper backing (acid-free), that is similar in feel to that of the original poster (except somewhat heavier). It is a similar process to linenbacking, except that most collectors use linenbacking for one-sheets and paperbacking for half-sheets, inserts, window cards, and lobby cards. Condition: good. The poster was never machine folded. The poster had darkened somewhat (typical of Columbia posters of this period), and it had a few tiny staple holes in the edges of the background surrounding Arthur and tiny pinholes, creases, and tears around the edges of the poster. Overall, the poster was in very good condition prior to paperbacking. Unfortunately, after the poster was paperbacked, it was handled roughly, and it now has been folded at a slight diagonal across the middle, which caused the poster and the paper backing to crease along that foldline, and there is a separation in the poster along that foldline (any talented restorer could certainly fairly easily fix this, either with or without re-backing the poster). Learn More about condition grades 
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