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Auction History Result 8m122 LAST HURRAH Belgian '59 John Ford directed, art of Spencer Tracy campaigning! Date Sold 7/17/2016 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original 1959 (from the first release of this movie in Belgium) Vintage Theatrical Folded Belgian Movie Poster (measures 14 1/2" x 19" [37 x 48 cm]) (Learn More) The Last Hurrah, the 1958 John Ford Boston Massachusetts campaign election political machine melodrama ("All the fun, the fury and the fabulous characters of the famous book!"; "Big book! Big cast! Big picture!"; "A motion picture to cheer! For everyone old enough to vote or kiss a babe of any age!"; "John [4-time Academy Award winner] Ford's Finest!"; "The Last Hurrah ...something to shout about!"; "Based on the novel by Edwin O'Connor"; about a long-time Boston mayor trying to be re-elected one last time, and the changing face of politics at that time, including TV's growing influence!; loosely based on the real life career of Boston mayor James Michael Curley) starring Spencer Tracy ("as Frank Skeffington... his triumphal top!"), Jeffrey Hunter, Dianne Foster, Pat O'Brien, Basil Rathbone, Donald Crisp, James Gleason, Jane Darwell, John Carradine, Frank McHugh, Edward Brophy, Ricardo Cortez, and Wallace Ford 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 this poster has been trimmed and it now measures 14 1/2" x 19" [37 x 48 cm]. Also note that this poster was folded at one time but has been laying flat for a long time and will be sent rolled in a tube. Note that this item (and others we are auctioning in this set of auctions) come to us from the estate of Lee Sanders. Mr. Sanders was a nationally recognized projectionist, film poster collector, and union activist who passed away last year, and the net proceeds from the sale of his varied and eclectic collection will be donated to promote film studies at the Besant School of Happy Valley in Ojai, Ca. Condition: good to very good. The poster originally had a blank top that was neatly trimmed off (this is commonly done with Belgian posters, similar to how the blank top is trimmed off of U.S. window cards). Learn More about condition grades 
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