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Auction History Result 5a1098 WHITE CARGO linen 1/2sh 1942 sexy Hedy Lamarr as Tondelayo, Walter Pidgeon, ultra rare! Date Sold 9/3/2023 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Linenbacked Half-Sheet Poster (1/2sh; measures 22" x 28" [56 x 71 cm]) (Learn More) White Cargo, the 1942 Richard Thorpe British-in-Africa plantation romantic love triangle interracial romantic melodrama ("I Am Tondelayo!"; "From the stage play by Leon Gordon"; "Based on a novel by Ida Vera Simonton") starring Hedy Lamarr ("as Tondelayo"), Walter Pidgeon, Frank Morgan, Richard Carlson, Reginald Owen, and Henry O'Neill. Note that this was a notorious play from the 1920s that was toned down greatly for its Hollywood adaptation (most notably the title character was black in the original play, but became Egyptian/Arab in the movie). 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 previously auctioned two examples of a different style half-sheet, but we have NEVER auctioned THIS style half-sheet! What IS linenbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: fair. The poster was never folded. It had many smudges and scuffs around the edges, including in Lamarr's face at top right. It had a tear in the middle of the right border going through Pidgeon's face, and smaller tears in the rest of the borders. It had some smudges and scuffs scattered in the image. Overall, the poster was in fair condition prior to linenbacking. The restorer backed the poster "in the European style", meaning that they did not do restoration to the defects described above. Learn More about condition grades 
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