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Auction History Result

9j360 BOOT POLISH Indian 20x30 '58 Raj Kapoor, poor orphans learn to shine shoes instead of beg!

Date Sold 7/20/2014
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An Original Vintage Theatrical Unfolded Indian Movie Poster (measures 19 3/4" x 29 3/4" [50 x 76 cm]) (Learn More)

Raj Kapoor's Boot Polish, the 1954 (released in the U.S. in 1958) Prakash Arora Indian juvenile family relationship orphans poverty melodrama (produced by Raj Kapoor; about a pair of young children whose mother dies and the father goes to prison, and they are sent to live with their aunt who is a prostitute, and she sets them out begging, but they meet a man who helps them start to give shoe-shines, and that improves their life until the monsoon season, when no one gets shoe-shines, and they are separated, and the girl is adopted by a rich family, but she doesn't know what became of her brother) starring Kumari Naaz, Rattan Kumar, David Abraham, Chand Burke, and Veera. Note that this is a classic example of what is known today as "Bollywood", movies made in India about Indians with all Indian cast and crews. It obviously owes a huge debt to Vittorio De Sica's 1946 "Sciuscia" (Shoeshine), with a similar plot, but this apparently is a really excellent movie, and the child actors, who were quite young when the movie was filmed, do an excellent job.
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Important Added Info: Note that this is a "country of origin" poster for this Indian movie! We have virtually never been consigned "country of origin" posters for Indian movies, and we are very happy to offer this poster!

Condition: very good to fine. There is a light partial horizontal crease across the poster at upper and lower center from it being stored with posters that were tri-folded and there are a few 1" and smaller tears around the edges. The poster is otherwise in pretty nice condition and it displays well!
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