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Auction History Result #2350 LOUISIANA PURCHASE B 1sh '41 Bob Hope Date Sold 8/19/2003Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked Style B One-Sheet Movie Poster (measures 27" x 41") (Learn More) Louisiana Purchase, the 1941 Irving Cummings political corruption musical comedy ("The greatest musical comedy ever filmed in Technicolor!"; "The greatest musical comedy ever filmed with 100 Louisiana lovelies!"; "Based on the Musical Comedy by Morrie Ryskind From a small story by B.G. De Sylva"; "Music and Lyrics by Irving Berlin"; "From a story by B.G. De Sylva"; about a naive man who is picked by corrupt Louisiana politicians to take the fall for crimes they've committed) starring Bob Hope, Vera Zorina, Victor Moore, Irene Bordoni, Dona Drake, Raymond Walburn, and "Those Louisiana Lovelies - The Cream of the Crop!" (referred to as "The 13 Louisiana Belles" in other publicity). Note that Paramount was afraid of lawsuits from real life Louisiana politicians, so they made significant changes from the Broadway play the movie was based on, and they even had many references in the movie to the fact that the "Louisiana" referred to was a mythical place, and not the actual Louisiana! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Condition: very good to fine. Prior to linenbacking, the poster was in very good to fine condition. The poster had tiny paper loss at the top crossfold, tears and tiny paper loss in the blank borders and minor fold wear. Whoever did the linenbacking did a very nice job as the minor defects are pretty invisible from any distance away. Learn More about condition grades 
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