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Auction History Result 3p092 EASY TO WED linen 1sh '46 great art of Van Johnson & Esther Williams by Jacques Kapralik! Date Sold 12/7/2014 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) Easy to Wed, the 1946 Edward Buzzell romantic marriage comedy ("Van Sings! Van Dances! Van Romances!";"MGM's big Technicolor musical!"; "From the screenplay 'Libeled Lady' by Murine Watkins, Howard Emmett Rogers and George Oppenheimer") starring Van Johnson ("He Sings! Dances! Romances!"), Esther Williams, Lucille Ball, Kennan Wynn, Cecil Kellaway, Carlos Ramirez, Ben Blue, and Ethel Smith (billed as "Ethel Smith at The Organ"). Note that this movie was a re-make of the 1936 movie "Libeled Lady", with Jean Harlow in the lead role, and they give credit to the earlier movie's screenplay on the poster. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Artist: Jacques Kapralik Important Added Info: Note that the artwork on this poster is by Jacques Kapralik. He was one of the two main caricature artists who worked for MGM from the 1930s to the 1950s (the other was of course Al Hirschfeld). His art was created in a most unusual way! He would create actual collages out of pieces of paper, and then they would be photographed (sometimes his collages were 3-dimensional!). His artwork is very distinctive and immediately recognizable. His caricature art promoted top MGM movies of the 1940s including: Silk Stockings, Designing Woman, Best Foot Forward, Presenting Lily Mars, and Two-Faced Woman, among many others! What IS linenbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: fair to good. The poster had darkened somewhat and there were stains scattered throughout. It had small paper loss at the crossfolds, and some separation and small tears on parts of the foldlines, with pinholes in the corners. Overall, the poster was in fair condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was pretty well backed, but you can clearly see signs of the above defects and the restoration of the above defects. Note that the restorer who mounted the poster did not leave any excess linen around the edges of the poster. Please do not bid on this poster unless you can accept its defects described above or are willing to pay to have further restoration performed. Learn More about condition grades 
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