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Auction History Result 3s141 BE YOURSELF linen 3sh '30 great Hap Hadley stone litho of Fannie Brice + cool boxing art! Date Sold 12/11/2014 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked Three-Sheet Movie Poster (3sh; measures 41" x 81" [104 x 206 cm]) (Learn More) Be Yourself!, the 1930 Thornton Freeland boxing sports Jewish night club singer romantic love triangle musical comedy ("The all-singing, dancing, talking, laugh hit of the year!"; "All Talking"; "All Singing"; "Hear her sing 'When a Woman Loves a Man', 'Cookin' Breakfast for the One I Love', 'Kickin' a Hole in the Sky', 'I'm Sascha, The Passion of the Pasha'"; about a Jewish singer who gets involved romantically with a down-and-out boxer, and she becomes his manager!) starring Fanny Brice (billed as "Fannie Brice"), Robert Armstrong, Harry Green, G. Pat Collins, and Gertrude Astor. Note that Fanny Brice was a Jewish singer and actress (of stage, radio and film) from the 1920s to the 1950s. Her nose job in 1923 (caused by her wanting to appear less "ethnic") prompted one of Dorothy Parker's most famous quips: "Fanny Brice cut off her nose to spite her race". She only made a few movies, and some cameo appearances, and her greatest fame came from outside the movies. She was well known for playing "Baby Snooks" in radio comedies and her life was the subject of films such as Rose of Washington Square, Funny Girl and Funny Lady. Barbra Streisand won an Oscar for her portrayal of Brice in Funny Girl, and Streisand "borrowed" most of the plot for her "The Main Event" from this Fanny Brice movie! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Artist: Hap Hadley Important Added Info: Note that movie posters from this Fanny Brice musical are incredibly scarce. We have never had even a single poster before, just a few lobby cards. Not only does this rare and historic poster have a great image, but it was created by noted illustrator "Hap" Hadley! What IS linenbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: very good. The poster had tiny paper loss at some crossfolds and some tiny tears and tiny bits of paper loss on parts of some foldlines. There were some faint scuffs scattered in the solid black background areas at the top of the poster. Overall, the poster was in very good condition prior to linenbacking. The restorer backed the poster "in the European style", meaning that they did little restoration to the defects described above, but they are really not very distracting (and a talented restorer could touch them up without re-backing the poster). Learn More about condition grades 
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