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Auction History Result Lot #: v321 FANTASIA 30x40 '42 possibly unique Disney poster!  Date Sold 12/17/2005Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. Appears in Vintage Hollywood Posters 9 CATALOG SOLD OUT The image at right appears in the auction catalog we published as shown above and was sold long ago and we do NOT have it available for purchase. An Original Vintage Theatrical Unfolded Thirty by Forty Movie Poster (measures 30" x 40") (Learn More) Walt Disney's Fantasia, the classic 1940 James Algar & Samuel Armstrong Walt Disney animated animation cartoon musical fantasy ("Walt Disney's Technicolor Feature Triumph") featuring Mickey Mouse and other cartoon characters created specifically for this feature movie, set to the music of classical composers including Leopold Stokowski, and Beethoven. Note that Fantasia had a very limited roadshow release which took place in several theaters with special audio equipment installed for the "Fantasound" system. This release started in late 1940 and continued into 1941, and these theaters often used home-made displays for the film. Throughout 1941, RKO negotiated with Disney to make a much shorter version of the movie in mono which could be shown in theaters without the need for special equipment. Disney finally agreed, and let RKO create a heavily edited version (he refused to edit it himself) which was released in early January of 1942. Regular posters were printed with a 1941 NSS number (it's not uncommon for films that are released near the start of a year to have a NSS from the previous year), and that is when the film had its first general release. So almost ALL of the known "first release" posters are from the 1942 continuous first release (with 1941 NSS numbers). The only pre-1942 advertising that we have seen are window cards, 8x10 stills and heralds from the theaters with the special "Fantasound" equipment. 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 while 30x40s were made for almost all movies in the 1930s through the 1960s, few theaters ordered them, because the poster exchanges typically charged ten times the price for a 30x40 than they did for a one-sheet, even though they are of a similar size. Why the huge price difference? It is difficult to say exactly, but surely part of the difference is that the 30x40s were printed on a much higher quality paper stock, and were almost never folded, so there was much greater difficulty in handling and greater shipping cost in sending 30x40s rolled in tubes rather than sending folded one-sheets in envelopes. It is certain that virtually no 30x40s from classic 1930s and early 1940s titles are known to exist. Note that the 30x40 from "Fantasia" offered here has a very similar design to that of one of the styles of regular one-sheets, but the major difference is that the 30x40 includes the black Pegasus, which does not appear on any other movie poster created for "Fantasia"! Why was this? It is possibly because some moviegoers did not like Disney having any "black" characters, even if they were cartoons! We will likely never know the complete story, but I do know that I have never seen or heard of another example of this 30x40 (or a 30x40 from any of the other very early Disney feature length cartoons)! Condition: very good. The poster was never folded. There are creases across the center of the poster. There are several within Mickey's clothes, one at the bottom of his eyes and into the image background, some in the shoes of the ostrich, and some between the shoes and the Pegasus. There are longer vertical creases down the right 4" of the poster. There are creases and "bumps" across the top and bottom edges of the poster. Other than the above defects, the poster was in really nice condition prior to linenbacking. Of course, one could have restoration performed to the poster, to take away the creases described above, personally, I don't think they are very distracting, and I would prefer to leave this poster completely unrestored. A third alternative might be to have an expert restorer solely touch up the creases that are in Mickey's colored clothes and in the ostrich's colored shoes, and leave the others alone. It is unlikely another example of this poster exists, and if one does, it is almost certainly in far lesser condition! Learn More about condition grades 
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