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Auction History Result 2m094 KID IN UPPER FOUR 1sh 1943 art of young soldier on train thinking about his family, rare! Date Sold 12/16/2018 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Paperbacked One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 27" x 41" [69 x 104 cm]) (Learn More) The Kid in Upper Four (possibly also released in England as "The Kid from the Upper Four"), the 1943 Paul Burnford World War II (WII) train railroad romantic melodrama "MGM Miniature" short starring Tommy Batten. This short was inspired by a New Haven Railroad advertisement about a young man heading to war. At this time, many young enlistees and draftees were being sent overseas to fight in either Europe or Asia. They normally took regular trains to the military bases and then "shipped out" from there after basic training. So at this time, regular trains were very overcrowded, and this ad was a plea to the general public to be understanding of this, and to understand why they might not get a seat/berth, or might not get a ticket at all on the train they wanted, but by being understanding, they were contributing to the war effort! The ad campaign was created by Nelson Metcalf, who had created two prior campaigns as well (called Right of Way for Fighting Might and Thunder along the Lines), but those campaigns still did not stop people from complaining about the inconvenience of train travel during those days. However, The Kid in Upper Four campaign finally had the desired affect and it has been called "the most famous single advertisement of the war and one of the most effective of all time.", and has also been included in a list of the 100 best advertisements of all time. Note that Paul Burnford was an English director who made several shorts for MGM during WWII. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Important Added Info: Note that we have never before auctioned this one-sheet! Note that this poster has been paperbacked. What is paperbacking? This means the poster was backed onto a light paper backing (acid-free), that is similar in feel to that of the original poster (it means that the poster must be handled carefully, as the backing does not give it much added strength, but it is similar to having an unrestored poster, and yet it has been properly preserved). It is a similar process to linenbacking, except that most collectors use linenbacking for one-sheets and paperbacking for half-sheets, inserts, window cards. What IS paperbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: fair. Prior to paperbacking, the poster had tears and areas of paper loss on the folds and in the borders. Overall, the poster was in good to very good condition prior to paperbacking. The poster was well paperbacked at one time, but someone made the mistake of rolling it inward, and that has significantly brought back all the folds. It has also acquired some tears and surface paper loss on the folds that it did not have. The poster could certainly be re-restored, probably having it linenbacked this time, but bear in mind its many defects before bidding on it. Learn More about condition grades 
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