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Auction History Result 3j1037 LOST HORIZON linen 1sh 1937 Frank Capra, Ronald Colman, best James Montgomery Flagg art, rare! Date Sold 12/20/2022 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 27" x 41" [69 x 104 cm]) (Learn More) Lost Horizon, the classic 1937 Frank Capra Shangri-La romantic fantasy religious mystery adventure melodrama ("Might spectacle of human emotions"; "Frank Capra's mightiest production becomes the greatest entertainment in all screen history!"; "Mightiest of all motion pictures!"; "Frank Capra's Greatest Production"; "Columbia's great Adventure of Tibet"; "James Hilton's immortal novel becomes epic entertainment!"; "From the novel by James Hilton"; "Screen Play by Robert Riskin"; nominated for the Best Picture Academy Award; about a plane with a group of very different English passengers, including two brothers, that crash lands in the Himalayas, and they find a group of Tibetan monks who live in a peaceful paradise where everyone seems to live forever, but will they stay, or will they try to return to England?) starring Ronald Colman (as Robert Conway), ("and a notable cast" including) Jane Wyatt, John Howard (as George Conway), Margo (as Maria), Thomas Mitchell, Edward Everett Horton, Isabel Jewell, H.B. Warner (nominated for the Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for this film; as Chang), and Sam Jaffe (as the "High Lama") NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Artist: James Montgomery Flagg Important Added Info: Note that we have only previously auctioned three examples of this one-sheet, and the last one was 12 years ago, when it sold for $4,677! Note that the art on this one-sheet is by James Montgomery Flagg. There is a special one-sheet for this movie that has signed Flagg art, and for years, some people argued that the unsigned art created for this movie was not by Flagg. However, the pressbook and the "Making of..." hardcover book definitively state that this art IS by Flagg, and even have an image showing Flagg standing by this art! What IS linenbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: very good. The poster had tiny paper loss at the bottom crossfold and some separation and tiny paper loss in the bottom corner of the vertical fold, with extremely minor wear on the other folds. It had tiny pinholes around the edges. 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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