eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 7y167 SPARROWS linen 1/2sh '26 great images of 34 year-old teenager Mary Pickford with orphan kids! Date Sold 6/9/2015Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked Half-Sheet Movie Poster (1/2sh; measures 22" x 28" [56 x 71 cm]) (Learn More) Sparrows, the 1926 William Beaudine silent southern swamp child labor orphan slavery crime thriller (a wild story set in the "southern swamplands", where a crazy man, his half-witted wife, and his evil son run a "baby farm" for unwanted children, but they mistreat them brutally; the oldest of them is Mary Pickford, who tries to protect all the children, telling them that God will care for them just as he does for "sparrows", and she calls them her sparrows; she has a confrontation with the owner, fighting him with a pitchfork, and she escapes with all the children into the alligator-ridden swamp; in the exciting climactic scene, the creepy family all drown in the swamp, and Mary and all the kids are adopted by an eccentric millionaire!) starring Mary Pickford, Roy Stewart, Mary Louise Miller, Gustav von Seyffertitz, and Charlotte Mineau. Note that Mary Pickford was 34 years-old, and still playing teenage girls (just a couple years later, she would wisely give this up and switch to adult roles). NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: very good. The poster was never folded. It had two areas of paper loss in the left and right of the top blank border, with some tiny paper loss, pinholes, and smudges around the edges, and smudges in the white background areas. Overall, the poster was in very good condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was nicely backed, and displays well! Learn More about condition grades
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