eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 2s0814 LITTLE GIANT linen 1/2sh 1946 vaccuum salesmen Bud Abbott & Lou Costello, Kapralik art, rare! Date Sold 8/7/2022Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked Half-Sheet Movie Poster (1/2sh; measures 22" x 28" [56 x 71 cm]) (Learn More) Little Giant (released outside the U.S. as "On the Carpet"), the 1946 William A. Seiter vacuum cleaner salesmen screwball comedy ("Not since 'Buck Privates' ...Such a wonderful new thrill in laughter!"; "It's Benny the not-so-super salesman... Who couldn't sell you a dollar for a dime... but gives you your most hilarious fun in years and years!"; "Original Story by Paul Jarrico and Richard Collins") starring Bud Abbott, Lou Costello (Abbott and Costello), Brenda Joyce, Jacqueline DeWit, Elena Verdugo, Mary Gordon, George Cleveland, Margaret Dumont, and Edward Gargan NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Artist: Jacques Kapralik Important Added Info: Note that we have only previously auctioned one example of this first release half-sheet, and that was 15 years ago! What IS linenbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: good. The poster was never folded, but it has some creases, smudges, and scuffs scattered in the image, including in the stars' faces. It also had some light water staining down the left border, slightly entering they yellow background at lower left. Overall, the poster was in good condition prior to linenbacking. The restorer backed the poster "in the European style", meaning that they did not do restoration to the defects described above. Learn More about condition grades
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