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MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON Aust 3sh OR search current auctions Auction History Result 2s0514 MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON linen Aust 3sh 1939 art of James Stewart & Arthur, ultra rare! Date Sold 8/7/2022 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked Australian Three-sheet Movie Poster (3sh; measures 40" x 80" [102 x 203 cm]) (Learn More) Frank Capra's Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, the classic 1939 Frank Capra (nominated for the Best Director Academy Award for this film) political corruption politics romantic melodrama ("A great director creates his most heart-stirring human spectacle!"; "Capra's magic probes the very heart of America to produce this greatest hit - a blend of laughter, tears, romance, excitement!"; "Capra's greatest hit --- the screen at its most inspired!"; "The greatest of all Capra hits!"; "Gayer than 'It Happened One Night', More Moving than 'Mr. Deeds Goes to Town', More Tender than 'You Can't Take It With You'"; "Overwhelming... in its universal appeal!"; nominated for the Best Picture Academy Award; about a political innocent from the country who is appointed as a replacement senator, and he learns of political corruption, and tries to expose it, only to find that even the senator he most admires is in on the corruption) starring Jean Arthur, James Stewart (Jimmy Stewart; nominated for the Best Actor Academy Award for this film; in the title role as Jefferson Smith), Claude Rains (nominated for the Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for this film; as Senator Paine), Edward Arnold (as the corrupt businessman, Jim Taylor, who tells senators what to do), Guy Kibbee, Thomas Mitchell, Beulah Bondi, Harry Carey Sr. (nominated for the Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for this film; as President of the Senate), Porter Hall, Jack Carson, Bobs Watson, Astrid Allwyn, and Eugene Pallette 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 never before auctioned this Australian three-sheet! ANY Australian three-sheets (or one-sheets for that matter) from major U.S. movies of the 1930s are incredibly rare, and almost none are known to exist from any major movie, making this poster all the more rare and desirable! What IS linenbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: good. The large upper section of the poster had several horizontal tears that were not in the folds. There was small paper loss on some of the tears and on some of the folds. There were some smudges scattered in all the background areas. There were diagonal tears in the lower part of Arthur's dress extending into the even lower part of Stewart's pants, with one in her legs extending into his shoe. There was paper loss in the background to the right of her shoe. There were some pinholes, tears, and paper loss around the edges of that section. The lower section with the title and credits had far less defects than the large section, but it too had pinholes and smudges around the edges and some wear on the folds. Overall, the poster was in fair to good condition prior to linenbacking. Given the poster's defects, someone did a pretty nice job of restoring it, but the defects and the restoration are clearly noticeable. One might still display the poster exactly as it is, or certainly, another option would be to have additional restoration performed, with or without re-backing the poster. Obviously, one would prefer to find a better condition example of this poster, but we don't know that any other example of it exists! Learn More about condition grades 
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