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Auction History Result 4d0592 GENERAL CRACK linen 1sh 1929 stone litho of John Barrymore & gypsy wife Marian Nixon, rare! Date Sold 4/16/2023 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked Style A One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 27" x 41" [69 x 104 cm]) (Learn More) General Crack, the 1930 Alan Crosland historical European Austria Germany romantic love triangle royalty intrigue melodrama ("Based on the distinguished novel 'General Crack' by George Preedy"; "Scenes in natrual color Technicolor"; about a mercenary working for the emperor of Austria who is sent to steal jewels, and while he is gone, the emperor has an affair with his wife, so the mercenary decides to lead a revolution to overthrow the king; this early talking movie had some Technicolor sequences!) starring John Barrymore (in his first all-talking role!), Marian Nixon, Armida, Lowell Sherman, Hobart Bosworth, and Nick Thompson. Note that the sound version of this movie is "lost", which means that no surviving copies are thought to exist. A silent version does survive along with the Vitaphone discs. 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 only previously auctioned two examples of this style A one-sheet, and only one in the last 31 years (the last one was 8 years ago)! The last example has now been reconsigned to us, so this is still only one of two examples we have ever auctioned! What IS linenbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: very good to fine. The poster had tiny tears and paper loss at the bottom crossfold, with some tiny bits of paper loss in the left half of the bottom horizontal fold and in the bottom quarter of the vertical fold, with a much lesser amount of wear on the other folds. It had some very minor border wear. Overall, the poster was in very good condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was nicely backed, and displays well! Note that either the restorer who mounted the poster did not leave any excess linen around the edges of the poster, or possibly the owner of the poster chose to carefully trim off the excess, so that the poster would fit in a frame. Learn More about condition grades 
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