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Auction History Result 5a1045 LIGHT THAT FAILED Other Company linen 1/2sh 1939 Ronald Colman, famous painter goes blind! Date Sold 9/3/2023 Sold 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) Rudyard Kipling's The Light That Failed, the 1939 William A. Wellman England artist-going-blind tragic romantic melodrama ("Ronald Colman in Rudyard Kipling's famous story of heroism, love and high adventure!"; "Screen play by Robert Carson"; "A great picture surges from the pages of Kipling's mighty story"; "Based on the novel by Rudyard Kipling"; about an artist who needs to complete his masterpiece before he goes blind!) starring Ronald Colman, Walter Huston, Ida Lupino, Muriel Angelus, and Dudley Digges 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 only previously auctioned one example of this poster, and that was 9 years ago. The buyer of that poster had it linenbacked and has now reconsigned it to us, so this is still the only example we have ever auctioned! This was printed by Associated Displays Corporation which was a company based in New York City. Before it was discovered by noted poster dealer/historian Walter Reuben, collectors did not know the name of this company (and thought it to be located in the Midwest), and it is often referred to as the "other company" (and we will continue to refer to it that way, since collectors know it that way). From 1936 to roughly 1941, this company printed its own one-sheets and lobby card sets (and a very few inserts, half-sheets, three-sheets, 40x60s and stills) for three major studio movies (Warner Brothers, Paramount and United Artists, but no other studios). The items almost always feature a tiny legal disclaimer and cast credits only. The posters and lobby cards are from the original release of the movie, and almost always have completely different artwork from the regular studio release. They did this by combining elements from different film scenes onto one poster or card. Sometimes, "other company" posters have images that are the equal of those from the regular studio release posters. What IS linenbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: fair to good. The poster had small paper loss at the crossfold and creases and scuffs along both folds, with many pinholes, smudges, and scuffs around the edges, entering into the light blue areas. Overall, the poster was in fair to good condition prior to linenbacking. The restorer backed the poster "in the European style", meaning that they did not do restoration to the defects described above. Learn More about condition grades 
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