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LITTLE JOHNNY JONES ('29) LITTLE JOHNNY JONES ('29) WC, regular OR search current auctions Auction History Result 4s205 LITTLE JOHNNY JONES WC '29 wonderful art of singing jockey Eddie Buzzell on his race horse! Date Sold 4/14/2009 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Paperbacked Window Card Movie Poster (WC; measures 14" x 22") (Learn More) Little Johnny Jones, the 1929 Mervyn Leroy New York City horse racing sports gambling musical romantic comedy melodrama ("From the Story by Geo. M. Cohan"; based on the 1904 George M. Cohan musical, about a jockey who also sings, and he is offered roles on Broadway, but he turns them down to ride his race horse in a major race, but he loses, and is accused of throwing the race, and he goes to England, and he gets to ride the same horse in a major English race, and this time he wins) starring Eddie Buzzell, Alice Day, Edna Murphy, Robert Edeson, and Wheeler Oakman. Note that this was the play in which the song "Yankee Doodle Boy" was introduced, and it was a giant hit in 1904, and First National thought it would do just as well in 1929 as a movie, even though it was 25 years-old! 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 has been paperbacked. What is paperbacking? This means the poster was backed onto a light paper backing (acid-free), that is similar in feel to that of the original poster (it means that the poster must be handled carefully, as the backing does not give it much added strength, but it is similar to having an unrestored poster, and yet it has been properly preserved). It is a similar process to linenbacking, except that most collectors use linenbacking for one-sheets and paperbacking for half-sheets, inserts, window cards. Condition: good to very good. The poster had pinholes, creases, tears, and some areas of paper loss around the edges of the poster and creases, smudges, scuffs, and a few pinholes scattered throughout the image. Overall, the poster was in good to very good condition prior to paperbacking. The poster was well backed by a talented restorer, who did not touch up many of the faint smudges and scuffs (and I agree with that decision, because to do so would have required lots of paint, which would have given the poster a "heavily restored" look, and I don't feel the smudges and scuffs are all that distracting, and they help establish that this is a genuine 80 year-old original poster!). Obviously, one would prefer to find an example of this window card that had no defects or restoration, but I do not know if another example of this card exists (or if it does, if the owner would consider parting with it!). This card has had expert restoration and displays nicely. Learn More about condition grades 
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