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Auction History Result 5p0620 SMILING BILLY linen 1sh 1927 art of Billy Sullivan in death struggle on pier, ultra rare! Date Sold 12/19/2023 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 27" x 41" [69 x 104 cm]) (Learn More) Smiling Billy, the 1927 Duke Worne silent military sailor mad scientist action comedy ("Story by Grover Jones"; about three sailors who stop an inventor from destroying the Pacific fleet) starring Billy Sullivan (in the title role as Smiling Billy), Armida, Jimmy Aubrey (billed as "Jimmie Aubrey"), Edward Cecil, and Thomas A. Curran 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 ANY movie paper from this movie is incredibly rare. We have never auctioned even a single movie paper item from this movie until we received this one-sheet! What IS linenbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: good. The poster had small paper loss at the crossfolds, with small tears and tiny paper loss on parts of most folds and some pinholes, tears, and paper loss around the edges, with some extra vertical folds that the poster apparently separated on. The poster was apparently used in France, where a title change snipe was added over the bottom small credits. Overall, the poster was in good condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was pretty well backed, but you can clearly see signs of the above defects and the restoration of the above defects. Also, the person who backed the poster left the French snipe on the bottom center. Learn More about condition grades 
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