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Auction History Result 2r0221 BREAK OF HEARTS pre-war Belgian 1935 art of Katharine Hepburn & Charles Boyer, ultra rare! Date Sold 8/4/2022 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Folded Belgian Movie Poster (measures 24" x 33" [61 x 84 cm]) (Learn More) Break of Hearts, the 1935 Philip Moeller romantic melodrama ("A new Hepburn to marvel at..."; "Electric Hepburn... ablaze in gorgeous gowns... together with the screen's new romantic idol"; based on the story by Lester Cohen; about a famous orchestra conductor who has many girlfriends, but then he meets a beautiful young female composer, and he falls in love and marries her, but then she catches him with another woman and leaves him) starring Katharine Hepburn, Charles Boyer, John Beal, Jean Hersholt, and Sam Hardy. Note that Francis Lederer was originally the male lead in this movie, but during the filming of the first romantic scene, he complained that the director wanted to show his "bad side", and he was immediately fired and replaced by Boyer, a young French actor (and this was a big break for Boyer, in one of his first major roles, and he was billed as "the screen's new romantic idol")! Also note that the orchestra conductor was based on two real-life conductors of the period: Leopold Stokowski, who was well known for his rearrangements of music by Bach, Wagner and other composers; and Arturo Toscanini, who was notorious for insulting his musicians during rehearsals the way the orchestra conductor does in the film. 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 is an extremely rare "pre-War" Belgian poster that we have never auctioned before! Prior to World War II, Belgian posters were much larger than the ones from after the war, and they are extremely rare (because during WWII, there was a massive paper shortage in Belgium, and they took virtually every poster and map, and printed new posters on the backs of them. Note finally that this poster was folded at one time but has been laying flat for a long time and will be sent rolled in a tube. Condition: good. The poster was folded into a much smaller rectangle at one time and it has a postal stamp and address written on back at center. It has a large snipe glued across the upper blank area and the upper half of the poster has lightly rippled (more so under the snipe). It has an extra crease along the center horizontal fold and there is a tax stamp at upper right. Despite the defects the poster is still colorful and is otherwise "all there" and it is the kind of poster that responds really well to restoration. It is likely that much or most of the slight rippling can be removed during the linenbacking process, and after proper restoration it will display well, but bear in mind its condition and the cost of restoration before bidding on this very rare poster. Learn More about condition grades 
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