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Auction History Result Lot #: VHP7 031 HERE COMES THE NAVY linen French movie poster '34 James Cagney  Date Sold 7/11/2004Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. Appears in Vintage Hollywood Posters 7 CATALOG SOLD OUT The image at right appears in the auction catalog we published as shown above and was sold long ago and we do NOT have it available for purchase. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked French Movie Poster (measures 15 1/2" x 23") (Learn More) Here Comes the Navy, the 1934 Lloyd Bacon Naval military sailor romantic love triangle comedy ("Join the world and see the Navy!"; "All the thrills and glory of the U.S. fleet... in action!"; nominated for the Best Picture Academy Award; about a brash young sailor who resists learning from an older experienced sailor, and there is a beautiful young woman they are both interested in; Cagney would appear in several movies with this exact same plot, but in different settings, and it was also used with many other actors) starring James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, Gloria Stuart, Frank McHugh, George Irving, Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams, Robert Barrat, "and the U.S. Fleet". Note that the sailors in the movie are stationed on the U.S.S. Arizona, which just seven years later would be sunk at Pearl Harbor. 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 French poster measures 15 1/2" x 23" and that it is linenbacked. Condition: fine. This poster was linenbacked and during the backing process, its defects were repaired and it now looks great! See below for its pre-restoration condition (we are the only major auction company we know of that shares this information with our bidders, but we wish everyone did!). very good to fine. The poster was in quite nice condition prior to backing, and looks great now. Note that there was a different poster image on the back of this poster! It may be that it was a double-sided poster, or it may be that the poster was printed on the back of another poster due to paper shortages (this was common in France and Belgium in the 1930s and early 1940s). You can't see the images from the reverse unless you look extremely closely at the poster or hold it to the light. Learn More about condition grades 
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