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Auction History Result 4w419 RETURN OF MANDY'S HUSBAND linen 1sh '48 great art of con man Mantan Moreland w/cigar & turban! Date Sold 9/13/2011 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 27" x 41") (Learn More) The Return of Mandy's Husband, the 1948 Toddy Pictures black African American romantic musical slapstick crime seance clairvoyant comedy ("Mandy's husband returns and brings plenty of jive, jazz and hot stuff in the riot comedy of the year!"; "All Star Colored Cast"; about a pair of black con men who plan on tricking people with fake seances where they talk to dead people, and meanwhile a man who ran out on his wife has been kidnapped, and he is in the attic above where the seances are held, and when his wife asks the con men to talk to him, they are able to do so!) starring Mantan Moreland, F.E. Miller (billed as "Flourney E. Miller"), John D. Lee Jr., Estelle Hemsley (billed as "E. Hensley"), McKinley Reeves, and Terry Knight. Note that Flourney Miller was a major figure in black Broadway musical history, performing and writing with his partner Aubrey Lyles. After Lyles passed away in 1933, Miller appeared in a number of all-black movies in the 1930s and 1940s. 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. Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: very good. The poster had small paper loss at the crossfolds and tears and small areas of paper loss in the bottom half of the vertical fold, with a lesser amount of wear on the other folds and in the borders. 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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