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Auction History Result 2t054 SHOW BOAT linen Italian 2p 1952 different close up Brini art of beautiful Ava Gardner, rare! Date Sold 12/12/2017 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original 1952 (from the first release of this movie in Italy) Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked Italian Two-Panel (known in Italy as a "4 Fogli") Movie Poster (2p; measures 55" x 78" [140 x 198 cm]) (Learn More) Show Boat, the 1951 George Sidney epic romantic riverboat gambling musical ("MGM'S Glorious New Show Boat"; "All Star!"; "It's New! Hundreds in the cast!"; "It's the 'Gone With the Wind' of musicals!"; "Spectacular in color by Technicolor!"; "Famed Jerome Kern - Oscar Hammerstein, II Musical"; "From the Immortal Musical Play 'Show Boat' by Jerome Kern & Oscar Hammerstein, II"; "Based on Edna Ferber's Novel") starring Kathryn Grayson, Ava Gardner, Howard Keel, Joe E. Brown, Marge & Gower Champion, Robert Sterling, Agnes Moorehead, and William Warfield (who sings "Old Man River", which had been sung by Paul Robeson in the 1936 version, which also starred Irene Dunne, Allan Jones, Charles Winninger, and Helen Morgan). There had been a 1929 version, but that was initially filmed as a silent, and then some music was hastily added just before it was released. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Artist: Ercole Brini Important Added Info: Note that we have never auctioned this 1952 first release Italian two-panel before! Not only that, it is the ONLY Italian poster we have auctioned (and it is a special poster that solely shows Brini art of gorgeous Ava Gardner!). What IS linenbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: very good. The poster had tiny paper loss at just a few crossfolds and a very few creases, scuffs, and tiny tears on parts of some folds. It had some creases scattered in the right blue background area, with two scuff marks in the lower blue area, slightly entering Gardner's shoulder below her neck (it is possible those creases and scuffs were acquired after the poster was backed). If the poster had those defects prior to backing, then the poster was in "very good" condition prior to linenbacking. The restorer backed the poster "in the European style", meaning that they did not do restoration to the defects described above. Learn More about condition grades 
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