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Auction History Result 8m091 PAPER LION paper banner '68 Alan Alda as George Plimpton, great football image! Date Sold 7/5/2015 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Paper Banner (measures 24" x 80" [61 x 203 cm]) (Learn More) Paper Lion, the 1968 Alex March football sports comedy ("The Paper Lion is about to get creamed"; "George Plimpton read all the rule books, put on his uniform and played with the pros. He never became a real lion, he was only the Paper Lion, which is what this picture is all about."; "These people have something in common with the Paper Lion. They don't belong on the football field either."; "George Plimpton, the Paper Lion, wrote about sports, read all the rule books, talked to all the coaches, put on his uniform and trained with the pros. Never was there a man so completely equipped to get creamed."; "Based on the book by George Plimpton") starring Alan Alda (in the title role of "The Paper Lion" George Plimpton, the upper class writer who wanted to experience "being" a professional football player, and he convinced a real life team to let him train with them!), Vince Lombardi, Frank Gifford, Lauren Hutton (billed as "introducing Lauren Hutton"), Sugar Ray Robinson (himself), ("and the real Detroit Lions Featuring") Coach Joe Schmidt, Alex Karras, John Gordy, Mike Lucci, Pat Studstill, and Roger Brown 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 in the 1910s through 1930s, studios would make large cloth banners that movie theaters could hang up above their lobbies (or above their entrances). In the early 1940s, they changed to making paper banners (perhaps there was a cloth shortage during World War II). At first, they were made of one-sheet-like paper, and they didn't survive very well, and they apparently were not very popular, because very few survive. At some point around 1946, they changed to making them out of a heavy paper stock, similar to that used for 40x60s, but measuring 24" x 80". Many people think these became very popular at drive-in theaters, which were then expanding at a major pace throughout the country. The paper banners were very popular until the late 1960s, and then far fewer were made (perhaps corresponding to the decline in popularity of drive-in theaters). We have been consigned a wonderful collection of 133 of these paper banners, and we are auctioning them all, in 133 separate auctions. This is a great opportunity to acquire one or many of these rare posters! Condition: good to very good. There are some scuffs and dot stains scattered throughout the poster (see our image). Someone used the back of the poster to advertise another movie, but it does not affect the front. Learn More about condition grades 
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