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Auction History Result 7a0808 STRANGE CARGO linen style C 1sh 1940 great art of Clark Gable & Joan Crawford, ultra rare! Date Sold 8/4/2024 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked Style C One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 27" x 41" [69 x 104 cm]) (Learn More) Strange Cargo, the 1940 Frank Borzage South America Devil's Island escaped convict romantic crime melodrama ("Flight of the damned -- as a sin ship rides the waves!"; "Based on the book 'Not Too Narrow Not Too Deep' by Richard Sale"; about a prisoner on Devil's Island who tries to escape, but is turned in by a pretty saloon girl, and he tries to escape a second time with a group of men by boat, and one of them is a strange Christ-like figure who seems to know what is going to happen before it does) starring Clark Gable ("Clark Gable's Greatest Adventure!"), Joan Crawford ("Joan Crawford's Boldest Romance!"), Ian Hunter, Peter Lorre, Paul Lukas, Albert Dekker, J. Edward Bromberg, Eduardo Ciannelli, and Charles Judels. Note that this movie was partially filmed in the studio, and partially "on location", but Pismo Beach, California stood in for Devil's Island! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Artist: Armando Seguso Important Added Info: Note that we have only previously auctioned one example of this style C one-sheet, and that was 6 years ago, when it sold for $1,605! What IS linenbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: very good. The poster had small paper loss at the crossfolds and some tiny bits of paper loss on parts of the folds and some pinholes around the edges. Overall, the poster was in good to very good condition prior to linenbacking. A talented restorer did a really nice job of restoring the poster, and it displays really well and will look great on the new owner's wall! Learn More about condition grades 
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