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Auction History Result 4h004 STAR OF MIDNIGHT linen Danish '36 different Frederiksen art of William Powell & Ginger Rogers Date Sold 12/5/2013 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original 1936 (from the first release of this movie in Denmark) Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked Danish Movie Poster (measures 24 1/2" x 33 1/4" [62 x 84 cm]) (Learn More) Star of Midnight, the 1935 Stephen Roberts romantic lawyer legal detective crime mystery comedy ("Bright with Sparkling Romance... Loaded with Laughter.. Breathless with Thrilling Suspense"; "United For The First Time.... The glamorous, titian-haired star of 'Gay Divorcee' and 'Roberta'... And the master of a hundred screen triumphs..."; "Set you afire with romance and a-tingle with thrills.."; "The glamorous, titian-haired star of 'Gay Divorcee' and 'Roberta' joins hands with the master of all screen sleuths in a sparkling, mystery drama breathless with thrills ..."; "From the Novel by Arthur Somers Roche"; it has a lot of similarities to MGM's "The Thin Man", which also starred Powell; here he is an attorney who solves crimes, and he has a high society beautiful girlfriend who wants him to marry her) starring William Powell, Ginger Rogers, Paul Kelly, Gene Lockhart, Ralph Morgan, Leslie Fenton, J. Farrell MacDonald, and Vivien Oakland NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Artist: Erik Frederiksen Important Added Info: Note that the art on this poster is signed "Erik F.". The artist's full name is Erik Frederiksen, and we have been told by a Danish poster expert that he not only drew movie posters in Denmark in the 1930s but he also drew travel posters. We had never seen any art by this artist prior to discovery of a group of Danish posters we auctioned in 2009, and it appears that few Danish collectors or dealers had seen them either, because all of the posters sold for quite high prices, and there was much competitive bidding for each one! Certainly he must be regarded as one of the premier poster artists of the 1930s, but he is not known today, likely because of the extreme scarcity of his posters. Now we have been re-consigned five of those posters we auctioned in 2009 (we had never seen them prior to 2009, and we have not seen any other examples of them since). What IS linenbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: very good to fine. The poster had an upside-down Y-shaped tear in the bottom center of the poster, extending into the "E" of "ROGERS". It had some minor creases in the left and right borders and the most minor of wear on the foldlines. Other than the above, the poster was in nice condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was nicely backed, and displays well! Learn More about condition grades 
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