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Auction History Result 6a0312 BETRAYAL FROM THE EAST 40x60 1944 expose of enemy espionage before Pearl Harbor, ultra rare! Date Sold 10/4/2020 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Unfolded Forty by Sixty Movie Poster (40x60; measures 40" x 60" [102 x 152 cm]) (Learn More) Betrayal From the East, the 1944 William A. Berke Panama Canal Asian Japan spy espionage crime thriller ("Amazing drama revealing Nip treachery in the U.S. before Pearl Harbor..."; "Expose of enemy espionage before Pearl Harbor!") starring Lee Tracy, Nancy Kelly, Richard Loo, Regis Toomey, and Philip Ahn 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 the National Screen Service offered 40x60s on almost every movie in the 1930s and 1940s, but VERY few theaters ordered them (surely because they cost many times what a three-sheet cost, due to the heavier paper). Very few 40x60s survive from ANY movies from the mid 1940s and earlier. There is information at the bottom of this 40x60 that says "THIS IS THE PROPERTY OF NATIONAL SCREEN SERVICE CORP. LICENSED FOR DISPLAY ONLY IN CONNECTION WITH THE EXHIBITION OF THIS PICTURE AT YOUR THEATER. PLEASE PACK AND RETURN IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE CLOSE OF THE CURRENT WEEK'S SHOW." Obviously, this further explains why 40x60s from the 1940s and earlier are so rare, because theaters HAD to return them! Condition: good. The poster has paper loss in the lower left border that slightly extends into the background area. It has many creases, smudges and some tiny tears around the edges. There are creases and scuffs scattered in the top background area with an 8" vertical tear in the left of the top border that has clear tape on the back. There are scuff marks at the top of the hand at upper right that extend into the "E" of "THE". In spite of the above defects this incredibly rare poster can be displayed and enjoyed as is, or certainly restoration could be performed. Learn More about condition grades 
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