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Auction History Result 8b0016 BANK DICK linen style C 1sh 1940 W.C. Fields as movie director Egbert Souse, ultra rare! Date Sold 3/30/2021 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked Style C One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 27" x 41" [69 x 104 cm]) (Learn More) The Bank Dick, the classic 1940 Edward F. Cline family relationship stock swindle bank robbery crime screwball comedy ("Original Story by Mahatma Kane Jeeves") starring W.C. Fields (as Egbert Souse), Una Merkel, Richard Purcell, Shemp Howard (as the bartender at the Black Pussy Cafe), Franklin Pangborn (as the bank examiner), Grady Sutton (as Og Oggilby), Jessie Ralph, Cora Witherspoon, Russell Hicks (as the guy who would rather sell his grandmother's paisley shawl than sell his Beefsteak Mine stock), and Al Hill (as the bank robber). Note that the "original screen play" is credited to "Mahatma Kane Jeeves", which was one of many of W.C. Fields' wacky pseudonyms! 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 previously auctioned two examples of the style D one-sheet (and the last one sold for $3,150), but we have never before auctioned this style C one-sheet, which has a completely different image! What IS linenbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: good to very good. The poster had tiny paper loss at the crossfolds, with some tiny tears, creases, and tiny bits of paper loss on parts of the folds. It had a 5" tear starting near the center of the bottom of Fields' cap, running down his forehead to his eyebrow. It had a tear in the top right corner that separated a piece from the poster. There were some pinholes and small tears around the edges and the right border had an incredibly tiny bit trimmed from it. There were some creases and scuffs scattered throughout the poster, more so at the end of the title. Overall, the poster was in good to very good condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was backed many years ago, but you can see signs of the above defects and the restoration of the above defects. It can be displayed and enjoyed as it is, but certainly, modern linenbacking techniques are superior to those from when this poster was backed, and one might choose to have it removed from the old linen and re-backed, after which it will display wonderfully, and not require much paint restoration within the image at all. Learn More about condition grades 
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