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4c0049 HOTEL DU NORD linen French 31x47 1938 Marcel Carne, cool Richman silhouette art, ultra rare!

Date Sold 4/30/2020
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An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked French Large Movie Poster (31x47; measures 31" x 46 1/2" [79 x 118 cm]) (Learn More)

Hotel du Nord (literally translates to "North Hotel"), the classic 1938 Marcel Carne French romantic love triangle attempted suicide melodrama (about a young couple who check into a hotel intending to commit a murder/suicide, but after the man shoots his girlfriend, he loses his nerve and leaves, and a pimp in the room next door finds the shot girl and saves her, and the boyfriend goes to prison, and the pimp wants to start life over with the girl, but she still thinks about her boyfriend in prison) starring Annabella (as one of the pimp's prostitutes, in a memorable role), Jean-Pierre Aumont, Louis Jouvet, Paulette Dubost, Andrex, Andre Brunot, Henry Bosc, Marcel Andre, Bernard Blier, Jacques Louvigny (billed as "Louvigny"), Armand Lurville (billed as "Lurville"), Jane Marken (billed as "Jeanne Marken"), Genia Vaury, Francois Perier, Rene Bergeron (billed as "Bergeron"), and Arletty
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Artist: Richman
Important Added Info: Note that we have never before auctioned this French poster, which is a "country of origin" poster for this French movie! There were two different posters created in France when this movie was first released in 1938. One was for the 35mm release in big cities, and the other was this poster, which was created for the 16mm release in smaller areas. Both posters are incredibly rare!

Note that this is an extremely rare pre-World War II French poster! Virtually no French posters survive from before, during, or right after World War II. Apparently there were many paper shortages in France during World War II, resulting in the destruction of almost all pre-World War II posters!

Note that this poster ships in a very long tube (at least 33" long, but possibly 50" long or more). Therefore the shipping for this poster will be more than that for a poster that ships in a tube 32" or shorter, and possibly much more. Please bear this added shipping expense in mind before bidding on this poster. You can tell how long of a tube this poster needs to ship in by looking at the shorter dimension of its length and width and then adding 4" to that (so a 47" x 63" poster will need to ship in a 51" long tube).

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Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: good to very good. The poster had tiny tears, tiny bits of paper loss, and scuffs scattered on parts of the folds, with some pinholes around the edges. Overall, the poster was in good to very good condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was pretty well backed, but you can see signs of the above defects and the restoration of the above defects.
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