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Auction History Result 4b0293 WHISKY GALORE linen 1sh 1949 art of Radford & sexy Joan Greenwood, Tight Little Island, rare! Date Sold 4/28/2020 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) Whisky Galore! (released in the U.S. as "Tight Little Island"), the classic 1949 Alexander Mackendrick English Ealing Studios alcohol sunken ship World War II comedy ("It's Light... It's Bright... It's 100 proof"; "You'll grow tight with delight... on this spree of glee!"; "The funniest picture that ever crossed the Big Drink!"; "from the novel by Compton Mackenzie"; amazingly, this was based on a true story!; in 1941, during World War II, a ship carrying 250,000 bottles of whiskey sank off the coast of Scotland, and the locals tried to "liberate" as much of the whiskey as possible, but a Home Guard captain, an Englishman, wants to "do the right thing" and return the whiskey!) starring Basil Radford, Joan Greenwood, Bruce Seton, James Robertson Justice, Gordon Jackson, and Catherine Lacey NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Important Added Info: Note that we have only previously auctioned two examples of this first release one-sheet, and the last one was 12 years ago! 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 crossfolds and a 2" vertical tear 1" to the left of the middle crossfold in the blue background. It had some tiny bits of paper loss in the vertical fold between the middle and bottom crossfolds, with a lesser amount of wear on the other folds. It had pinholes and a few tears 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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