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Auction History Result 4x0131 BUSSES ROAR linen 1sh 1942 precursor to Speed with runaway bus filled with dynamite, rare! Date Sold 8/6/2023 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 27" x 41" [69 x 104 cm]) (Learn More) Busses Roar, the 1942 D. Ross Lederman World War II (WWII) propaganda runaway bus crime thriller ("Original Story by Anthony Coldewey"; about a bus that enemy agents have loaded with dynamite, and have set a detonator to have it blow up when it reaches its destination, which is right by a major oil field, and a Marine on the bus figures out something is wrong and has to try to stop the bus in time) starring Richard Travis, Julie Bishop, Charles Drake, Eleanor Parker (in her first significant movie role!), Elisabeth Fraser, Willie Best, and Peter Whitney. Note that this movie is strikingly similar to the 1994 thriller "Speed", and it seems likely the writers of that movie had seen this one! 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 previously auctioned four examples of this one-sheet, but only one in the last 12 years! What IS linenbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: very good. The poster had small paper loss at the crossfolds and some tiny bits of paper loss on parts of some folds, with some darkening and small tears in the borders. Overall, the poster was in very good condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was nicely backed, and displays well! Learn More about condition grades 
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