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Auction History Result

4k0206 GENERAL 22x28 commercial poster 1998 Buster Keaton, great image of the original half-sheet!

Date Sold 6/8/2023
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An Unfolded 1998 Commercial Poster (made to be sold directly to the public; measures 22" x 28" [56 x 71 cm]) (Learn More)

The General, the classic 1927 Buster Keaton & Clyde Bruckman silent Civil War military railroad train locomotive romantic slapstick comedy (Buster is an engineer who is refused by the Army because he is needed for the war effort, and then his girl is kidnapped by enemy soldiers, and most of the movie is spent with one train chasing another train, but amazingly, it never gets tired, and the movie has more laughs per minute than almost any comedy ever made!) starring Buster Keaton, Marion Mack, Charles Smith, Richard Allen, Glen Cavender, Jim Farley, and the train (in the title role, because it is named "The General", and it plays a really major part in the movie!)
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Important Added Info: Note that this commercial poster was created in 1998 by "FilmPrints Inc.". It is printed on a paper stock that is a very similar weight to that of what the original half-sheet was, and they even included a faux NSS number in the lower right!

Condition: very good to fine.
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