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Auction History Result

7k089 HIDDEN PEARLS linen 1sh 1918 Sessue Hayakawa tells Florence Vidor his family fortune is gone!

Date Sold 6/15/2017
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An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 28" x 42" [71 x 107 cm]) (Learn More)

The Hidden Pearls, the 1918 George Melford (billed as "George H. Melford") silent Hawaii interracial romance romantic love triangle melodrama ("by Beulah Marie Dix"; about the son of an American pearl trader who marries a princess from one of the Hawaiian islands, and he grows up in America, not knowing about his mother being a princess, but when he is engaged, he learns that his father lost his fortune, and his fiancee jilts him because he is now poor, and he goes to Hawaii, where he is made the king, and a beautiful Hawaiian girl shows him the hidden pearl treasure of the island, and, incredibly ungrateful, he steals the pearls and goes back to his former fiancee, but she treats him badly, and he goes back to Hawaii, giving back the pearls and he and his new girlfriend become the king and queen of the island) starring Sessue Hayakawa, Margaret Loomis, Florence Vidor, Theodore Roberts, James Cruze, Noah Beery Sr., and Jack Holt
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Important Added Info: Note that this one-sheet measures 28" x 42" [71 x 107 cm].

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Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: fair to good. The poster had considerable paper loss around the edges in three borders, but fortunately, most of it is in the blank borders. There were tears and paper loss scattered in the center of the image, but otherwise, the image area was in pretty good condition. Overall, the poster was in "fair" condition prior to linenbacking. Someone backed the poster and performed restoration to the center of the image area, but left alone the defects around the edges, and the stains in what remains of the borders. I would think that a talented restorer could perform the rest of the restoration, with or without backing the poster, but bear in mind its considerable defects and the need for additional restoration before placing a bid.
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