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Auction History Result 7b0133 CAPTAIN CALAMITY Italian 1p 1941 art of Huston and Nixon on ship by Tarquini, ultra rare! Date Sold 8/27/2024 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Folded Italian One-Panel (known in Italy as a "2 Fogli") Movie Poster (1p; measures 39" x 55" [99 x 140 cm]) (Learn More) Captain Calamity, the 1936 John Reinhardt South Seas seafaring adventure thriller ("Trouble was his middle name... and loving a gift!"; "ROMANCE! THRILLS! GLORIOUS SONGS! With the screen's newest singing sensation in a gripping romantic drama."; "He hunted for pirate gold and found a sweetheart treasure!"; "He was a two-fisted singing sea-ranger... who never side-stepped trouble or a sweetheart... and found plenty of both as he battled as desperate a band of cutthroats as ever ranged the South Seas!") starring George Houston (in the title role as Captain Bill Jones), Marian Nixon, Vince Barnett, Crane Wilbur, George Lewis, Juan Torena, Movita (billed as "Movita of 'Mutiny on the Bounty'"), and Roy D'Arcy. Note that Movita had just made Mutiny on the Bounty before she made this movie, so she was given prominent billing as described above, but oddly, she was not pictured on the advertising! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Artist: Paolo Tarquini Important Added Info: Note that we have never before auctioned an example of this poster!It is an extremely rare Italian poster from during World War II! Virtually no Italian posters survive from during World War II since apparently there were many paper shortages in Europe during World War II, resulting in the destruction of almost all posters from before and World War II, and also from during the war, and the first few years afterwards. Condition: good. Learn More about condition grades 
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