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Auction History Result 9d229 CRUSADES linen Leader Press 1sh '35 Cecil B. DeMille's most spectacular production, cool art! Date Sold 6/2/2013 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked Leader Press One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 28 1/2" x 41 1/4" [72 x 105 cm]) (Learn More) The Crusades, the 1935 Cecil B. DeMille Third Crusade Britain English royalty romantic love triangle medieval religious war epic ("Cecil B. DeMille's most spectacular production"; a highly fictionalized account of the Third Crusade and the life and loves of Richard the Lionhearted) starring Loretta Young, Henry Wilcoxon (as King Richard), Ian Keith, Katherine DeMille (Cecil B.'s daughter), C. Aubrey Smith, Alan Hale Sr., Joseph Schildkraut, C. Henry Gordon, and George Barbier 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 was printed by "Leader Press". In the 1930s, a constant headache for theaters was being sure of having movie posters for their current releases. Often, the posters would travel with the actual film prints, and sometimes the theater before them might have forgotten to include the poster, it might have been defaced or torn, etc. If a theater didn't have posters, it was very frustrating! Several companies began in the 1930s (Leader Press, the "other company", Woolever Press, etc) that made posters of their own for new releases, and they would provide a back up for theaters in case they didn't get a studio issued poster. Often the posters from these companies (with the exception of the "other company") were silk-screen posters, but they were often quite attractive, and virtually always had a completely different design from the regular studio issued poster. It is an absolute fact that posters from these companies are far more rare than the regular studio issued posters. It is also a certainty that these posters were issued when the movies were first released. In fact, they were created PRIOR to the movie's release, so that they could serve as teaser or advance posters (theaters rarely got the studio issued posters before receiving the actual movie). We have located an extremely rare original advertisement for Leader Press posters which clearly states that they were available to theaters a full two weeks prior to each movie's release. Also note that this poster measures 28 1/2" x 41 1/4" [72 x 105 cm]. What IS linenbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: very good. The poster had tiny paper loss at the crossfolds and minor fold and border wear. There are some faint black smudges scattered in the poster, which are a minor printing defect (slight ink transfer). 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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