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Auction History Result

g063 PRISONER OF SHARK ISLAND linen Swedish movie poster '36 John Ford

Date Sold 12/19/2006
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An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked Swedish Movie Poster (measures 27" x 39 1/4") (Learn More)

The Prisoner of Shark Island, the 1936 John Ford Civil War era Presidential assassination prison crime convict melodrama ("This is the story of Dr. Samuel Mudd who for the crime of ministering to the wounds of Lincoln's assassin is confined to - Shark Island!"; produced by Darryl F. Zanuck; a fictionalized account of what happened to the doctor who innocently treated John Wilkes Booth after he shot President Abraham Lincoln, and how he was imprisoned due to the hysteria of the time) starring Warner Baxter (as Dr. Samuel Mudd), Gloria Stuart, Claude Gillingwater, Arthur Byron, O.P. Heggie (best remembered as the blind man who befriends the monster in "The Bride of Frankenstein", and also as the next door cellmate to Robert Donat in "The Count of Monte Cristo"), Harry Carey Sr., Francis McDonald (as John Wilkes Booth), Frank McGlynn Sr. (as President Abraham Lincoln), "and a cast of 1,000"
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Artist: Rohmann

Condition: fine. The poster was never folded. It had a crease and a tiny tear in the green background at the top center of the poster just above the title. Overall, the poster was in fine condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was well backed, and looks great!
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