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Auction History Result 9y095 HALF-PINT PYGMY linen 1sh '48 Tex Avery, great cartoon art of bears with tiny black native! Date Sold 9/1/2015 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) Half-Pint Pygmy, the 1948 Tex Avery animated cartoon comedy short (produced by Fred Quimby; the final of a series of cartoons with "George" and "Junior", two bears based on George and Lenny from John Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men"; in this one, they are searching in Africa for the world's smallest pygmy, and he continually outwits them) featuring the voices of Tex Avery (as Junior), and Dick Nelson (as George). Note that this was one of the Tex Avery cartoons that is almost never shown, because of its supposed racist content. Since the pygmy keeps getting the best of the lead characters, I imagine this is because there is a sequence where they try to lure him out of hiding using watermelon, which is of course a major racist stereotype, but which was quite common in films of that time. Also note that Fred "Tex" Avery was one of the greatest legends of Hollywood animation. He started working for Walter Lantz on Oswald the Lucky Rabbit in the early 1930s. He moved to Warner Bros. in 1935, where he became a legend, working on the Merry Melodies and Looney Tunes series, creating or developing the best remembered Warner Bros. cartoon characters, including Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Bugs Bunny, and others. In 1941, after a disagreement, he briefly worked on a series called "Speaking of Animals", where real animals "talked" with animated lips, but he soon signed a contract with MGM, where he did even more wonderful work than before. He developed an entirely new type of cartoon (his MGMs are instantly recognizable as being "Tex Averys"), and they include characters such as Droopy, The Wolf, Red Hot Riding Hood, and many others. He is one of the greatest animators ever, and posters from his cartoons are difficult to obtain, and are highly sought after by collectors! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: very good. The poster had tiny paper loss at the crossfolds and minor wear on the folds. It had some tiny paper loss in the top of the "M" of "PYGMY" and a 5" tear running down from the top of "PYGMY" down into the green background area. It had many pinholes around the edges, with a few tape stains and small paper loss in the right blank border, at the right end of the top horizontal fold. It had a few pinholes scattered in the image. Overall, the poster was in good to very good condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was nicely backed, and displays well! Learn More about condition grades 
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