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Auction History Result 5j562 SPECIAL DELIVERY 8x10 still '27 great portrait of pop-eyed Eddie Cantor dressed as mailman! Date Sold 6/4/2009 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical 8" x 10" (8x10) Movie Still (Learn More) Special Delivery, the 1927 Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle (billed as "William Goodrich") silent Secret Service post office postman mail delivery comedy (about the son of a postal inspector who everyone thinks is a loser, and he becomes a mailman thanks to his father, but then he gets mixed up with a stock swindler, and after many adventures, everything works out well in the end) starring Eddie Cantor, Jobyna Ralston, William Powell, Donald Keith, and Jack Daugherty. Note that after Fatty Arbuckle's career as an actor was ended by the scandal involving a girl dying at a "wild party", he was able to direct some movies, but only under pseudonyms, as in this case. This was one of the shorts that Arbuckle directed before passing away in 1933. It has a script that was written by silent comedy star Larry Semon together with star Eddie Cantor (surprisingly in a silent role, even though his fame was as a singer), and everyone agrees that this is an excellent comedy that has been sadly forgotten by just about everyone except major film buffs. Fortunately, Cantor's grandson had a print of the movie and released it on DVD, so it is still available for viewing. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that a paper snipe was glued to the back of the still, and then folded over to the front. This was done rather than gluing the snipe to the back, so that the snipe could be unfolded and the still could be displayed with the snipe unfolded, which would let moviegoers read the information on the snipe in the lobby (and of course, the snipe would be folded backwards, so it would not show). This was done with many stills of the 1930s, but often, the snipes are either partially or completely lost, because it is easier for them to be torn off. UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED, THE SNIPE DOES NOT HAVE ANY EFFECT ON THE FRONT OF THE STILL! Condition: very good. Learn More about condition grades 
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