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Auction History Result 4d0308 SCREWBALL SQUIRREL 1sh 1944 Tex Avery, art of Screwy pointing gun at bird dog, ultra rare! Date Sold 5/3/2020 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Folded One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 27" x 41" [69 x 104 cm]) (Learn More) Screwball Squirrel, the 1944 Tex Avery family animated cartoon comedy short (in the first of four entries of the "Screwy Squirrel" series, the title squirrel spends the entire time provoking a pedigreed bird dog) featuring the voices of Wally Maher (as the Screwy Squirrel), and Dick Nelson (as Meathead). Note that Fred "Tex" Avery was one of the greatest legends of Hollywood animation. He started working for Walter Lantz on Oswald the Lucky Rabbit in the early 1930s. He moved to Warner Bros. in 1935, where he became a legend, working on the Merry Melodies and Looney Tunes series, creating or developing the best remembered Warner Bros. cartoon characters, including Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Bugs Bunny, and others. In 1941, after a disagreement, he briefly worked on a series called "Speaking of Animals", where real animals "talked" with animated lips, but he soon signed a contract with MGM, where he did even more wonderful work than before. He developed an entirely new type of cartoon (his MGMs are instantly recognizable as being "Tex Averys"), and they include characters such as Droopy, The Wolf, Red Hot Riding Hood, and many others. He is one of the greatest animators ever, and posters from his cartoons are difficult to obtain, and are highly sought after by collectors! 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 ANY movie paper from this MGM cartoon short is incredibly rare. We have never auctioned even a single movie paper item from this movie until we received this one-sheet! Condition: good to very good. The poster was folded slightly off of the regular folds and there are some creases along the folds and minor separation in each crossfold. There are several pin and tack holes around the edges and along some portions of the folds and there are some tiny blank border defects. Some crossfold and fold edge separation have been backed by conservation tape. There is minor pencil writing in the upper right blank border only. It is otherwise in generally nice condition and it certainly can be displayed as it is, or after linenbacking the ultra rare poster would look great! Learn More about condition grades 
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