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Auction History Result 9d154 IN WHICH WE SERVE linen Belgian '43 Noel Coward & David Lean English World War II epic! Date Sold 6/2/2013 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked Belgian Movie Poster (measures 11 1/4" x 16 1/2" [29 x 42 cm]) (Learn More) In Which We Serve (released in the U.S. as "Noel Coward's In Which We Serve"), the 1942 Noel Coward & David Lean English World War II (WWII) military romantic melodrama ("The greatest human drama of our time! The greatest picture you've ever seen!"; "Big guns open up! The most thrilling sea battle ever filmed - and you're there in the thick of it!"; "Is this their last kiss? Against the battle's roar, they steal a few moments of forbidden joy!"; "Dive bombed by Stukas! Ten men, helpless on a life raft, raked by machine-gun death!"; "The most praised motion picture of our time!"; "The years most widely acclaimed entertainment!"; "You'll never forget the scene of a handful of men clinging to a life raft, while Nazi dive-bombers strafe them with machine-gun death."; "You'll never forget the scene of the return from Dunkirk. The courage of those shunned, bewildered men is an inspiration."; "It stands alone!"; nominated for the Best Picture Academy Award) starring Noel Coward, Bernard Miles, John Mills, Celia Johnson, Kay Walsh, and Joyce Carey 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 this poster is printed on the back of part of a map! Why is this? During World War II, there were massive paper shortages in Belgium. Where Belgian movie posters had previously been approximately 23" x 32", there was such a shortage of paper that not only did they often have to print them on the back of other posters or maps, but during World War II, the size of the posters shrank dramatically, with some of them as small as 11" x 15". This situation continued even after World War II, until around 1946 or 1947, when they began making Belgian movie posters in a size of roughly 14" x 22", which became the standard size, and continued for decades! The posters like these that are from during World War II or immediately after, and which are printed in a small size (often on the back of other posters or maps) are INCREDIBLY rare (surely they did not print many, and surely many of them were soon recycled themselves! What IS linenbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: good to very good. The poster was printed on the back of part of another poster , but there is very little bleed-through to the front, even in the blank borders or light colored areas. The poster was folded once in each direction and there was paper loss at the crossfold and wear on both foldlines. Overall, the poster was in good to very 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, but they are really not very distracting (and a talented restorer could touch them up without re-backing the poster). Learn More about condition grades 
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