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Auction History Result 1z297 SONG OF FREEDOM linen 1sh 1938 Paul Robeson in his most memorable role, a $500,000 epic, rare! Date Sold 12/5/2019 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original 1938 Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 27" x 41" [69 x 104 cm]) (Learn More) Song of Freedom, the 1936 (released in the U.S. in 1938) J. Elder Wills English Hammer black African American opera musical melodrama ("Robeson In His Most Memorable Role!-Cast of Thousands In $500,000 Epic!"; about a black English dockworker who has a great voice, and becomes a major opera star, but then he finds a family medallion that causes him to go back to Africa to try to trace his family's origins) starring Paul Robeson, Elisabeth Welch, Esme Percy, Robert Adams, and George Mozart. Note that we have had trouble finding much information about the American release of this movie. It was one of the first productions of English Hammer Films (yes, THAT Hammer Films, which later became famous for its horror movies!), but it is difficult to know when it was released in the U.S., and by what company. The IMDb says it was re-edited in 1938 and released by Treo Film Exchanges, but we have never heard of that company, and the IMDb says it solely released three movies, including this one, over a three year period, which sounds doubtful! The only U.S. movie paper we have ever seen from this movie is a one-sheet and a lobby card, and both have "Song of Freedom, Inc. presents" printed on them, and we think those are surely from the first U.S. release, which did occur in 1938 (verified by 1938 newspaper ads). If anyone knows more about this, please e-mail us and we will post it here. 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 we have only previously auctioned two examples of this one-sheet, and only one in the last 14 years (those two examples sold for $753 and $802)! What IS linenbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: good to very good. The poster had minor wear on the folds and pinholes in the corners. Overall, the poster was in very good condition prior to linenbacking. After it was backed, it acquired a stain at top center, both in the excess linen and in the top blank border, and slightly extending into the top left corner of Robeson's hair, but it is not very noticeable. Certainly, any talented restorer could touch up that stain without re-backing the poster, and afterwards, the poster will display really well! Learn More about condition grades 
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