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Auction History Result 6z0111 CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE linen yellow title 1/2sh 1936 Errol Flynn & De Havilland, rare! Date Sold 12/24/2020 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) The Charge of the Light Brigade, the classic 1936 Michael Curtiz English-in-India romantic love triangle Crimean War action thriller ("Into the Valley of Death rode the six hundred"; very loosely based on the poem by Alfred Lord Tennyson; Flynn is an English officer in India, and the Indians massacre a group of English soldiers, and then retreat to their stronghold, assuming the English will not dare attempt to retaliate, but Flynn's character ignores his orders and leads his men on a suicide mission!) starring Errol Flynn, Olivia De Havilland, Patric Knowles, Henry Stephenson, Nigel Bruce, Donald Crisp, David Niven, Robert Barrat, J. Carrol Naish, Scotty Beckett, and C. Henry Gordon 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 previously auctioned a different style of half-sheet from this movie (and we will be auctioning an example of that poster in Part III of this auction), but this is the first time we have ever auctioned THIS style half-sheet! What IS linenbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: good to very good. The poster was never folded. This linen finish poster did not darken nearly as much as most Warner Bros. "linen" half-sheets of this period. There was a 5" tear in the top border that extended into the very top of Flynn's hair, a 9" tear near the middle of the top border that extended horizontally through the "AVI" of "DEHAVILLAND", and a tear in the middle of the right border that extended into the tip of the flag. One extended into the "E" of "ERROL" at top left and creases in the bottom border extended into the bottom blue area and into the "r" of "Bros". The rest of the tears were solely in the blank borders. Other than the above tears described above, the rest of the tears were in the blank borders. Overall, the poster was in good to very good condition prior to linenbacking. Many years ago, someone linenbacked the poster (with no excess) and performed restoration to the border tears described above. We are sure that, at that time, the restoration paint matched the borders, but over the years, it has aged differently, and it no longer does (see our image). If I owned this poster, I would surely either have someone touch up the earlier restoration without re-backing it, or else, completely re-back it. Either way, the new owner will have a great rare poster to display on their wall! Learn More about condition grades 
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