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Auction History Result 3a223 CONFESSION linen 1sh '37 incredible profile portrait of beautifuil Kay Francis, ultra rare! Date Sold 12/11/2016 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 27" x 41" [69 x 104 cm]) (Learn More) Confession, the 1937 Joe May older-man-seduces-young-girl-and-years-later-she-kills-him melodrama (about a pretty teen music student, who is seduced by a famous concert pianist, but he makes the mistake of taking her to a club where an earlier conquest of his has now been reduced to being a sleazy lounge singer, and when the older woman sees him with a would-be new conquest, she shoots and kills him and is put on trial for murder!) starring Kay Francis, Ian Hunter, Basil Rathbone, Jane Bryan, Donald Crisp, Veda Ann Borg, Ben Welden, and Mary Maguire. Note that this movie has a fascinating origin! It was inspired by a real life 1930 murder case in Europe. In 1931, it was adapted into the American movie, "Millie", starring Helen Twelvetrees, but even in that pre-Code time, the details of the case had to be altered. In 1935, producers Arnold Pressburger and Gregor Rabinovitch decided to make a German version called "Mazurka", and they hired Pola Negri to come over from the U.S., where her career was winding down. The movie ran into trouble, probably partially because Pressburger and Rabinovitch were "not Aryan" (they would soon both leave Germany), and partially because it was rumored that Negri had had an affair with Hitler, and Goebbels was afraid her making a movie in Germany could cause a scandal, but the movie WAS made, and everyone agreed it was excellent. Warner Bros. liked the movie so much that they bought the rights to it, intending to have Bette Davis star in this American version of it, but it ended up starring Kay Francis, and it was originally called "One Hour of Romance", before they settled on this title, and released it in 1937. It was almost a scene-by-scene remake of this original German version, and Warner Bros. bought the American rights to the German movie and did not allow it to be shown in the U.S., for fear that it would hurt this movie. To this day, "Mazurka" can only be seen in unsubtitled prints (and of course, it would be great to have a modern remake of it)! 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 this poster is extremely rare. We have never auctioned it before (and all posters from this title are also very rare, as we have only previously auctioned a single insert and an "other company" half-sheet)! What IS linenbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: good. The poster was mounted to a heavy board and had some tiny areas of paper loss scattered throughout, with the largest paper loss in the top center, in Francis' hair (it was an irregular shape that measured approximately 1/2" x 1 1/2" at its widest points). There were tiny areas of paper loss in Francis' cheek and chin, but not in her features. There were larger areas of paper loss around the letters of "FRANCIS", but fewer within the title. There were some areas of paper loss around the edges of the poster. Overall, the poster was in fair condition prior to linenbacking. Because this poster is so rare (and has such a great image!), it was given to a wonderful restorer who spent a great deal of time carefully restoring it throughout (after first removing it from the board). There was a need to airbrush large portions of the borders and solid background areas, but not on Francis' face. While you can clearly tell that there has been airbrushing in the dark background area (mostly because it looks "too even", and "too good"!), I still think this incredible poster displays really well, and I feel certain the new owner will be very happy to display it on their wall. But please look closely at our super-sized image and read the above before bidding on this extremely rare poster! Learn More about condition grades 
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