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Auction History Result 2b237 MOGAMBO linen insert 1953 Clark Gable, Grace Kelly & Ava Gardner in Africa, gorilla art! Date Sold 12/10/2019 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked Insert Movie Poster (measures 14" x 36" [36 x 91 cm]) (Learn More) Mogambo, the 1953 John Ford Africa jungle safari romantic love triangle adventure thriller ("Filmed on Safari in Africa!"; "from M-G-M in color by TECHNICOLOR"; "The battle of the sexes!"; "The battle of the gorillas!"; "MGM's MIGHTY 'MOGAMBO'"; "Formidable Mogambo"; "Based Upon a Play by Wilson Collison"; a remake of the 1932 "Red Dust", which surprisingly starred Clark Gable in the same role 21 years before, but in that movie, the action took place on an Indochina rubber plantation, and it was transferred to an African jungle safari company to make it more interesting!) starring Clark Gable, Ava Gardner (nominated for the Best Actress Academy Award for this film), Grace Kelly (nominated for the Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for this film; in her third movie role!), Donald Sinden, and Philip Stainton 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: good to very good. The poster had some tiny surface paper loss on the folds. It had smudges, stains, and tears around the edges. Overall, the poster was in good to very good condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was pretty well backed, but you can see signs of the above defects and the restoration of the above defects. Note that either the restorer who mounted the poster did not leave any excess linen around the edges of the poster, or possibly the owner of the poster chose to carefully trim off the excess, so that the poster would fit in a frame. Learn More about condition grades 
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