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Auction History Result Lot #: v324 LEAVE WELL ENOUGH ALONE 1sh '39 Popeye cartoon!  Date Sold 12/17/2005Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. Appears in Vintage Hollywood Posters 9 CATALOG SOLD OUT The image at right appears in the auction catalog we published as shown above and was sold long ago and we do NOT have it available for purchase. An Original Vintage Theatrical Folded One-Sheet Movie Poster (measures 27" x 41") (Learn More) Leave Well Enough Alone, the 1939 Dave Fleischer animated animation cartoon comedy short ("By arrangement with King Syndicate Features, Inc. and Segar", adapted from the classic newspaper cartoon strip) featuring the voices of Jack Mercer (as Popeye the Sailor) and Margie Hines (as Olive Oyl). Note that Dave Fleischer (along with his brother Max) were legends and pioneers in animated films. They made the very first sound cartoon in 1924, beating Walt Disney by several years. They had great success with their Out of the Inkwell cartoons, Popeye, Betty Boop, and much more, including the Superman cartoons, widely regarded as the finest cartoons ever made! But after Walt Disney made Snow White, the Fleischers made Gulliver's Travels, which did not do well at the box office, and their next major project, Mr. Bug Goes To Town, had the bad fortune to be released two days before the attack on Pearl Harbor, and it also did poorly. At this same time, the Fleischer brothers had a major falling out, and in 1942, they split completely. After they made the last of their Superman cartoons in 1942, Paramount ceased control of their studio. Each of the brothers made a few more cartoons, but their careers were essentially over. 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. It appears that there is paper loss in the top left corner of our image, but the poster was folded back, and there is NO paper loss. There was a thumb tack at the very center of the poster and it left a tiny circle of discoloration at the very center in the white background. There are pinholes and thumb tack holes around the edges of the poster. There was small separation at each crossfold, and someone put a piece of white paper tape on the back of each crossfold. There was separation in the top 8" of the vertical foldline and someone put two pieces of white paper tape on the back of that area. There was small separation at the end of each horizontal foldline in the border, and someone put white paper tape on the back of each of those areas. There are some very minor creases and smudges throughout the poster. The poster is in better condition than the above makes it sound! Its defects are truly minor, and after linenbacking by a talented professional, this extremely rare poster would look fantastic, and there would be little restoration anywhere on the poster! Learn More about condition grades 
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