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Auction History Result 5z027 SONS OF THE DESERT 1sh R45 Hal Roach, wonderful artwork of Stan Laurel & Oliver Hardy! Date Sold 4/13/2017 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. A 1945 Re-Release Theatrical One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 26 1/2" x 40" [67 x 102 cm]) (Learn More) Sons of the Desert, the classic 1933 Lloyd French & William A. Seiter Hawaii screwball husbands-and-wives comedy (produced by Hal Roach; likely the very best Laurel & Hardy movie, this is the one where they sneak off to a Sons of the Desert convention and play ukuleles and sing "Honolulu Baby", but they lie to their wives and are reported dead in a ship sinking, and much more!) starring Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy (Laurel and Hardy), Charley Chase (primarily remembered as a great silent comedian who appeared in 276 movies, most of them comedy shorts, Chase also directed 140 comedy shorts), Mae Busch, and Dorothy Christy 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 in the past, we have not known what year this re-release is from. However, a long time collector told us he saw an ad in the exhibitor magazine Motion Picture Herald that said this movie was being re-released to theaters by Film Classics on New Year's Day 1945. Therefore, this is from a 1945 re-release, which is just 12 years after the initial release (and first release posters from this movie are incredibly rare). Note that because this poster is mounted to a board, it needs to be sent in a very large flat package that will be much more expensive to send than a tube or a regular flat package, so bear this added expense in mind before bidding on this poster! Condition: fair. The poster has a tear in the bottom center that extends into the "R" of "DESERT" and there is paper loss along that tear. Someone many years ago put tape on the back of that tear and also the back of other tears around the edges of the poster a few of which extended into the edges of the image. There was also darkening, small tears and some separation along parts of the foldlines and someone once put tape on the back of some of that. There were some stains and small paper loss in parts of the borders. There is a blue stain in the "E" of "DESERT" and the entire poster had darkened. Someone many years ago had this poster mounted to a foam core board without performing any restoration to the above defects. Obviously a restorer could remove this great poster from the foam core and perform restoration to the above defects (or some might be willing to display it just as it is even with its defects). However, bear the expense of restoration and the expense of shipping this in a very large flat package in mind before placing a bid on it. Learn More about condition grades 
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