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Auction History Result K855 STARS OF YESTERYEAR Aust daybill '50s multi-bill, screen's greatest lover, Rudolph Valentino! Date Sold 4/20/2004Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Folded Australian Daybill Movie Poster (measures approximately 13" x 30") (Learn More) Stars of Yesteryear, the 1950s Australian multi-bill release ("A sweet reminder of the dear old past") of The Son of the Sheik, the 1926 George Fitzmaurice Arabian silent desert romantic adventure melodrama sequel ("Hail now! 'The Son of the Sheik'"; "From the novel by E.M. Hull - Adapted to the screen by Frances Marion"; the son has his way with a dancing girl, and her father captures him and tortures him as payback) starring Rudolph Valentino (in a dual title role as both Sheik Ahmed Ben Hassan and Ahmed, the Sheik's son; in his final movie role!), Vilma Banky (as Yasmin), George Fawcett, Montagu Love, and Karl Dane. Note that this movie was a sequel to Valentino's wildly successful 1920 "The Sheik". Unfortunately, he passed away when filming was completed, and it was not released until after his death AND Deuce High, the 1926 Richard Thorpe silent cowboy western ("A thunderbolt thriller"; "Story by Walter J. Coburn") starring Jay Wilsey (billed as "Buffalo Bill Jr".), Alma Rayford, Robert Walker, J. P. Lockney, and Harry Lord. Note that the Robert Walker credited above was NOT the Robert Walker who starred in the 1940s and 1950s, but a different Robert Walker who started making movies in 1913, and he appeared in an amazing 255 movies through 1953, a 40 year span, but most of those were westerns, and a lot of them were very minor roles, often uncredited AND The Pirate starring Charlie Chaplin (Charles Chaplin) (a re-titled re-release of an unknown Chaplin short) AND Les. Darcy's Last Fight a boxing sports documentary short featuring Australian boxer Les Darcy! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Condition: good. poster has darkened slightly with age; folded oddly at one time resulting in vertical foldlines running through the center as well as slightly diagonal creases along the foldlines; areas of paper loss and tattering around the edges of the poster (see the image at right); creases, smudges, and scuffs throughout the poster Learn More about condition grades 
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