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Auction History Result 2z241 ANDY HARDY'S PRIVATE SECRETARY linen 1/2sh '41 Mickey Rooney, Kathryn Grayson in her 1st role! Date Sold 5/4/2010 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked Half-Sheet Movie Poster (1/2sh; measures 22" x 28" [56 x 71 cm]) (Learn More) Andy Hardy's Private Secretary, the 1941 George B. Seitz "Hardy Family" family relationship romantic comedy ("The best yet and that means it's TERRIFIC!"; one of the series of "Hardy Family" movies about Andy Hardy, his judge father, and the rest of his family; note that, in the first entries of this series, the judge father and his wife were the center of the movies, and the children had secondary roles, but Mickey Rooney's character quickly became extremely popular, and became the focus of the series) starring Lewis Stone (as Judge Hardy), Mickey Rooney (in the title role as Andy Hardy), Fay Holden, Ann Rutherford, Sara Haden, Ian Hunter, Gene Reynolds, Kathryn Grayson (billed as "introducing Kathryn Grayson, NEW singing sensation!"; in the title role as Kathryn Land), George P. Breakston, and Todd Karns (in his first movie role!) 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: What IS linenbacking? "Linenbacking" is a process that is used to preserve movie posters (the best restorers de-acidify the poster during the restoration process), and to make them far easier to display (it is much easier and less expensive to frame a linenbacked poster). When linenbacking is done correctly, it adds to the value of the poster, and is NOT a defect! Note that the specific poster in this auction either was NOT linenbacked very well, OR the poster had more significant defects (you can tell which type it is by reading our written comments about the poster's condition). In general, know that we received many of the linenbacked posters we are currently selling already linenbacked, but we have examined every poster EXTREMELY carefully, and we did our best to describe what condition the poster was in PRIOR to restoration, the defects the poster had PRIOR to restoration (in the "Pre-Restoration Defects & Quality of Restoration" section), any unrestored defects, and, when it seemed worth noting, something about the quality of the restoration itself. Many other auction houses claim to match what we do in this area, but EVERY person who regularly buys movie posters from major auctions can tell you this is just not the case! We never intentionally overgrade a single item, we never "accidentally" miss defects, and we never enhance a single image! Condition: good. The poster was folded once in each direction, and there were many creases, scuffs, and separations on both folds. There was a 4" jagged tear in the top center of the poster and pinholes and tears in the borders, with paper loss in all four blank corners. Overall, the poster was in good condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was not very well backed, and it was simply mounted on the linen with no real restoration. Learn More about condition grades 
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