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Auction History Result 3k093 MADAME X linen pre-War Belgian '37 wonderful close up of smoking bad mom Gladys George! Date Sold 9/4/2012 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked Belgian Movie Poster (measures 24 3/4" x 33 1/2" [63 x 85 cm]) (Learn More) Madame X, the 1937 Sam Wood courtroom legal lawyer mother son family relationship romantic murder mystery crime melodrama ("The world knew her only as Madame X"; "The Greatest Performance of the World's Most Heart-Stabbing Story!"; "Based on the play La Femme X by Alexandre Bisson"; "'I made one mistake'"; about a woman who is thrown out of her own home by her jealous husband, and he gets custody of their son, and she sinks lower and lower, and her now grown son does not know what she has become, and she kills a man who threatens to reveal who she is to her son, and her son, now a lawyer, becomes her defense attorney, never knowing he is defending his own mother) starring Gladys George, John Beal, Warren William, Reginald Owen, William Henry, and Henry Daniell. Note that this classic tearjerker is one of the most frequently remade movies ever! It was first in a feature film in 1916 (as "Madam X"), and was then remade in 1920, 1929, 1937, 1939, 1948, 1954, and 1966, and there was even a TV movie version in 1981! 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 is a rare "pre-War" Belgian poster. Prior to World War II, Belgian posters were much larger than the ones from after the war, and they are extremely rare (because during WWII, there was a massive paper shortage in Belgium, and they took virtually every poster and map, and printed new posters on the backs of them!). What IS linenbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: very good to fine. The poster had minor fold and border wear. Overall, the poster was in very good to fine condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was nicely backed, and displays well. Learn More about condition grades 
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