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Auction History Result 1s126 LOVE IN THE RING linen Swedish '30 cool Knut art of boxer Max Schmeling when he became champ! Date Sold 9/14/2014 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked Swedish Movie Poster (measures 27 1/2" x 39 1/4" [70 x 100 cm]) (Learn More) Liebe Im Ring (released in the U.S. in 1936 as "Love in the Ring"), the 1930 Reinhold Schunzel German romantic love triangle boxing sports melodrama (an early version of the most common boxing story, about a young man who is torn between his decent girlfriend, and the evil vamp who wants him if he can become a boxing champion!) starring Max Schmeling, Renate Muller, Olga Tschechowa, Frida Richard, and Rudolf Biebrach. Note that Max Schmeling had been a German professional boxer starting in 1924, and he came to the U.S. in 1928, and he won the heavyweight champion in 1930 when Jack Sharkey was disqualified for a low blow. That made him a major German celebrity, and he was rushed into this movie, and by all accounts, he did a fine job in the lead role. In 1932, he lost the title back to Sharkey, and in 1933, Schmeling lost to Max Baer, and it seemed he was finished. But in 1936, he knocked out Joe Louis, which made him the number one contender for the heavyweight title. So this movie was released for the first time in the U.S. after he beat Joe Louis, due to the renewed interest in Schmeling. He would fight Louis for the championship in 1937, but Schmeling was knocked out in the first round. Schmeling was champion by Adolf Hitler, and he joined the Luftwaffe, but after the war, Schmeling became good friends with Joe Louis! He died in 2005 at the age of 99. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Artist: Knut Important Added Info: Note that we can't say for certain that this poster is from 1930, because we don't know exactly when the movie was first released in Sweden. But because the movie was made to capitalize on Schmeling winning the championship, it seems quite likely it IS from 1930, and if it is not, it would surely be from soon after, based on the printer. If anyone knows more about this, please e-mail us and we will post it here. What IS linenbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: very good to fine. The poster was never folded and had the most minor of border defects. Overall, the poster was in very good to fine condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was well backed, and looks great! Learn More about condition grades 
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