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Auction History Result 5a0024 IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE Japanese 1954 different art of James Stewart & Donna Reed, Capra, rare! Date Sold 7/12/2020 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original 1954 (from the first release of this movie in Japan) Vintage Theatrical Folded Japanese "B2" Movie Poster (measures 20 1/4" x 28 5/8" [51 x 73 cm]) (Learn More) Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life, the classic 1946 Frank Capra (nominated for the Best Director Academy Award for this film) banking family fantasy romantic melodrama ("Wonderful! Wonderful! Wonderful! How could it be anything else!"; "They're going steady... straight to your heart!"; "It's a Wonderful Love!"; "Frank Capra's wonderfilm..."; nominated for the Best Picture Academy Award; about a man at the brink of suicide, and an angel appears who shows him all the good that he did, by showing him how his world would have been if he had never been born, and that renews his faith) starring James Stewart (Jimmy Stewart; nominated for the Best Actor Academy Award for this film; "America's Favorite Feller..."; as George Bailey), Donna Reed ("Jimmy's Favorite Girl..."; as Mary Bailey), Lionel Barrymore (as Mr. Potter), Thomas Mitchell (as Uncle Billy), Henry Travers (best remembered for playing Clarence the angel in this movie!), Beulah Bondi (as James Stewart's mom), Ward Bond (as Bert), Frank Faylen (as Ernie), Gloria Grahame (in a memorable role as Violet, the "bad" girl), H.B. Warner (as Mr. Gower), Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer (as Freddie), Stanley Andrews, Sheldon Leonard (as Nick), William Edmunds, Jimmy Hawkins, Samuel S. Hinds, Frank Hagney, Karolyn Grimes, Virginia Patton, and Todd Karns 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 never before auctioned this 1954 first release Japanese poster! We got the 1954 release date from the IMDb, which gave an exact date, so it is likely correct. We know that if this poster was from between 1946 and 1951, it would have an "MPEA" logo on it, which U.S. movies released in Japan during those years had, so it is surely from after 1951, and 1954 sounds reasonable. Also note that this poster was folded at one time but has been laying flat for a long time and will be sent rolled in a tube. Condition: fair. The poster has many light stains scattered throughout, and it was once folded, but it has laid flat for a long time. There are greater stains in the top border and in the upper left border, where there is also some paper loss. Obviously, this poster can be "rescued" by a talented restorer (and it is likely many of the stains can be removed chemically), but bear in mind the poster's very significant condition issues, and the cost of restoration, before bidding on this poster. Learn More about condition grades 
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