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Auction History Result 7a0333 UNWELCOME GUEST 1sh 1945 cartoon art of Barney Bear terrified of the skunk's smell, rare! Date Sold 12/27/2020 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) The Unwelcome Guest, the 1945 George Gordon animated cartoon bear skunk comedy short (produced by Fred Quimby; a skunk comes into Barney Bear's house to steal his berries, and Barney wants him gone because he's afraid of his smell, but after the skunk saves his life, he puts on a gas mask and invites him to stay) featuring Barney Bear. Note that there is a gag in this cartoon where Barney is reading a book called "Red Hot Riding Hood", which was of course the name of the risque Tex Avery MGM cartoon, and he (and the skunk) whistle at the "racy" pictures! Also note that Barney Bear was one of the most popular MGM cartoon characters of the 1940s. He first appeared in 1939 in "The Bear That Couldn't Sleep", and was created by director Rudolf Ising. In 1941, he was given his own series of cartoons. Barney Bear was a very large slow moving sleepy bear who usually was simply wanting to rest, and the other characters kept disturbing him. Some of the animators who worked on the Barney Bear cartoons also worked on Tex Avery cartoons, but Avery himself never worked on a Barney Bear cartoon. The last Barney Bear cartoon was made in 1954, although he was resurrected decades later. A curious footnote is that in a 1953 cartoon, Barney Bear is mentioned as living in Jellystone Park, which of course would later become the home of Hanna-Barbera's Yogi Bear. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Important Added Info: Note that we have only previously auctioned one example of this one-sheet (and no other movie paper of any kind), and that example sold for $438! Condition: very good. The poster has small separation at the top and bottom crossfolds and some tiny pinholes around the edges. It has a small vertical tear in the "E" of "UNWELCOME" in the title and a matching one in the back of the skunk. Otherwise the poster is in really nice condition. Learn More about condition grades 
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