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Auction History Result R136 GUADALCANAL DIARY insert '43 Preston Foster, WWII Date Sold 5/11/2004Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Folded Insert Movie Poster (measures 14" x 36") (Learn More) Richard Tregaskis' Guadalcanal Diary, the 1943 Lewis Seiler World War II (WWII) military Pacific Islands action thriller starring Preston Foster, Lloyd Nolan, William Bendix, Richard Conte, Anthony Quinn, Richard Jaeckel (16 years old and in his first movie!), and Ralph Byrd. Note that director Lewis Seiler had an interesting background! Starting in 1923, he directed a series of around a dozen movies for William Fox, each using chimps acting in "human" roles. After that, he stayed with William Fox and worked on some of the Tom Mix movies, and then switched to Warner Bros., and was involved in some of their gangster movies, like Crime School. In 1943, he directed this movie, which is widely considered one of the very best Hollywood movies about World War II, made during the war! 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 was folded at one time but has been laying flat for a long time and will be sent rolled in a tube. Condition: fair to good. folded in half vertically at one time resulting in slightly diagonal creases running through the middle of the poster; trimming in each corner of the poster extending into the credits at bottom and the blue background at top (see the image at right); many pairs of staple holes scattered throughout the poster; creases, smudges, and scuffs throughout the poster; much separation along the foldlines as well as some 1 1/2" and smaller tears around the edges of the poster (most repaired with tape from the back with some tape visible from the front in the lower left edge); Please do not bid on this poster unless you are willing to accept its defects or are willing to have it restored! Learn More about condition grades 
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