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Auction History Result 2s1185 SONNY BOY linen style B 1sh 1929 great stone litho art of Davey Lee with toy dog, ultra rare! Date Sold 8/7/2022 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked Style B One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 27" x 41" [69 x 104 cm]) (Learn More) Sonny Boy, the 1929 Archie Mayo romantic mistaken identity family relationship comedy farce ("When there are grey skies, I don't mind the gray skies You make them blue, Son-ny boy."; "Friends may for-sake me- Let them all for-sake me- You'll pull me through, Son-ny Boy"; "Let me hold you near-er One thing make you dear-er You've your moth-er's eyes, Son-ny Boy."; "Oo-ooh! You aught'a see me in my new pictures -yours 'Sonny Boy'"; about an about to be divorced woman and her son who hide out in the apartment of a bachelor lawyer, but then the lawyer's parents show up and they assume the woman is their son's new wife, and her son is their grandchild, and she plays along!) starring Davey Lee (in the title role as Sonny Boy), Edward Everett Horton, Betty Bronson, Gertrude Olmstead, and John T. Murray. Note that Davey Lee had followed his older brother Frankie Lee into acting, and he had massive success in 1928 (when he was not yet 4 years old) playing opposite Al Jolson in The Singing Fool. His success was so great that he was given the lead in this movie, without Jolson! Later that year, he reunited with Jolson in Say It With Songs, and then the following year, his mother insisted he retire at the age of 6, so that he could "have a normal life", and he apparently did, because he lived until 2008! Note that this is a "lost" film which means that no surviving copies are thought to exist. 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 ANY movie paper from this movie is incredibly rare. We have only previously auctioned a window card, three lobby cards, a few stills, and three glass slides from this movie (and NO other movie paper of any kind) until we received this one-sheet, which we have never auctioned before! What IS linenbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: very good. The poster had small paper loss at the middle crossfold, with tiny paper loss at the other two crossfolds. It had a tiny bit of paper loss in Lee's face, just under the right of his mouth. It had pretty minor wear on the folds, with some pinholes, tears, and small paper loss in the borders, and a few scuffs in the green background. 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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