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Auction History Result 3t0037 ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT Swedish 1930 Walter Rogers in a story of blood, guts and tears Date Sold 3/17/2020 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Folded Swedish Movie Poster (measures 27 1/2" x 39 1/4" [70 x 100 cm]) (Learn More) All Quiet on the Western Front, the classic 1930 Lewis Milestone (winner of the Best Director Academy Award for this movie) World War I (WWI) anti-war military melodrama ("At last... The motion picture!"; "Universal all talking picture"; from the equally classic novel by Erich Maria Remarque; the movie is from the point of view of German soldiers, and is rabidly anti-war, both of which made the movie very controversial!; winner of the Best Picture Academy Award) starring Lew Ayres (billed as "Lewis Ayres"), Louis Wolheim (who would have won the Best Supporting Actor Academy Award had there been one in 1930!), John Wray, Arnold Lucy, Ben Alexander, Scott Kolk, Owen Davis Jr., Walter Rogers (billed as "Walter Brown Rogers"), William Bakewell, Russell Gleason, Richard Alexander, Harold Goodwin, Slim Summerville, G. Pat Collins, Beryl Mercer, Yola d'Avril (as the French girl Ayres romances by giving her food), and Raymond Griffith. Note that Zasu Pitts was set to appear in the film, but in early screenings, audience members laughed due to her comedienne status, so she was replaced with Beryl Mercer who later appeared in The Public Enemy! Also note that the one-sheet for this classic movie showed a battle-scarred soldier close up. Many people incorrectly assumed that it is Lew Ayres, the star of the movie. It was actually Walter Browne Rogers, and he was chosen as a "haunted unknown soldier", and in the movie his character is killed early on (and we have seen an article that quotes Lew Ayres as saying that he hoped Rogers would get a break out of this, but Rogers made no more movies after this!). 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 seen another example of this Swedish poster, and it has slightly different printing from this poster. We don't know exactly what that means. If anyone knows more about this, please e-mail us and we will post it here. Also, note that this posters features art of Walter Browne Rogers (many assume it is Lew Ayres), and he was chosen as a "haunted unknown soldier", and in the movie his character is killed early on (and we have seen an article that quotes Lew Ayres as saying that he hoped Rogers would get a break out of this, but Rogers made no more movies after this!). Finally, note also 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: good to very good. The poster has some slight discoloration along the upper edge and there are a few patches of similar slight discoloration in some small areas and behind portions of the artwork (some are near the soldier's left eye and in his helmet and face), however, especially due to the colors used on this poster, they are not very noticeable or distracting except upon very close inspection. The poster has two evenly spaced vertical foldlines and two evenly spaced horizontal ones. It has some scuffs at the crossfolds and pretty minor wear on the borders. It has a 2" tear in the left of the top border and a 1/2" tear in the left of the bottom border. It has pinholes in the corners and some minor border wear. Learn More about condition grades 
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