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Auction History Result 3d276 STORY OF ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL 40x103 silk banner '39 art of Don Ameche as the inventor, rare! Date Sold 12/6/2015 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Silk Banner Movie Poster (measures 39" x 102 1/2" [99 x 260 cm]) (Learn More) The Story of Alexander Graham Bell, the 1939 Irving Cummings historical telephone inventor biography ( "A Picture as Great as the Love it Immortalizes... A love as enduring as the miracle it wrought!"; "America's most thrilling story!"; "Out of the stirring past of this great nation emerges the drama of accomplishment that symbolizes the tradition of America! The dramatic romance of one who dreamed and struggled, loved and achieved."; "Original story by Ray Harris"; produced by Darryl F. Zanuck; a fictionalized biography of the inventor of the telephone) starring Don Ameche (in the title role as Alexander Graham Bell), Loretta Young, Henry Fonda (as Thomas Watson, who is immortalized in the first phone transmission, "Mr. Watson, come here I need you!"), Charles Coburn, Gene Lockhart, Spring Byington, Sally Blane, Polly Ann Young, Georgiana Young, and Bobs Watson. Note that Loretta Young's three real life sisters (Sally Blane, Polly Ann Young, and Georgiana Young) all appeared in this movie with her, making it a real "family affair"! 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 vast majority of silk banners we have seen are close to 40" x 55" in size. However, this banner is 39" x 102 1/2"! We do not have a wall that size, so it was photographed in two images that were joined together (but we assure you that the banner is one single piece of silk!). Also note that in the 1930s and 1940s, movie studios made silk burgees (also called silk banners) for most major releases. These were printed on a silk (or silk-like) material, sometimes with a gold fringe at the bottom, and usually with an opening at the top through which a wooden pole could be inserted, usually with a rope attached to both ends of the pole, so that the burgee could be hung from a nail at the theater. Few silk burgees are known to survive (we have only auctioned around a dozen of them in our many years of auctioning), and many collectors are not even aware of their existence! We have just been consigned a remarkable find of TWENTY THREE of these silk banners! That is double the amount we auctioned in all our previous 25 years of auctioning. Each of these 23 silk banners are currently at auction individually. This is a very rare opportunity to purchase one or many of this extremely rare size of original 1930s and 1940s movie posters! Condition: fair. Unfortunately, the banner has significant water staining scattered throughout, including in Ameche's face. It is possible that a restorer can remove the staining, but don't know how difficult or expensive that would be, so bear this considerable defect in mind before placing a bid on this banner. Also note that the banner originally had a wooden stick at the top and bottom, but the one at the top is missing (it could be easily replicated by duplicating the bottom stick). Learn More about condition grades 
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