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Auction History Result m507 PASTOR HALL linen one-sheet movie poster '40 presented by Roosevelt! Date Sold 5/30/2006Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked One-Sheet Movie Poster (measures 27" x 41") (Learn More) Pastor Hall (released in France as "Sublime Sacrifice", but this is not an "alternate English language title", because both those words mean the same in French as they do in English, and it was simply the French title), the 1940 Roy Boulting English World War II (WWII) Nazi takeover melodrama ("Daringly told! Brilliantly portrayed!"; "Based on a Story by Ernst Toller"; produced by John Boulting; the true story of a pastor in a small German village who refused to join the Nazi party and was sent to Dachau; "presented" in the U.S. by James Roosevelt, son of FDR and Eleanor Roosevelt; he persuaded her to do an uncredited introduction to his U.S. version!) starring Wilfrid Lawson (in the title role as Pastor Frederick Hall), Nova Pilbeam, Seymour Hicks, Marius Goring, and Brian Worth. Note that the Boulting brothers wanted to make this movie right after the real life incident occurred, but the English government told them they could not do so, because they did not want to offend Hitler! But once England entered the war, the government no longer had any objection, and the movie was made, and it was released to great critical acclaim. Note that the movie paper for the U.S. release of this movie was two-color and extremely bland (likely because United Artists, who released it, wanted to downplay it, because America had not yet entered the war, and some U.S. studios were still distributing movies to Germany), but there is an excellent French poster we have auctioned (and we have not seen movie paper from other countries). NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Condition: very good. The poster had small paper loss at the top crossfold and some tiny paper loss to the left and right of that. There were some tiny tears and tiny areas of paper loss in parts of the vertical foldline. There were some creases, smudges, and tears in the borders. Overall, the poster was in very good condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was nicely backed, and displays well. Learn More about condition grades 
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