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Auction History Result 7k014 BARGAIN MADNESS linen 1sh 1951 Pete Smith Specialty, wacky art of women scrambling for deals! Date Sold 6/15/2017 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 27" x 41" [69 x 104 cm]) (Learn More) Bargain Madness, the 1951 Dave O'Brien (billed as "David Barclay") shopping comedy short ("A Pete Smith Specialty"; "Narrated and produced by a Smith Named Pete"; about a major department store having a large sale, and how women are driven crazy trying to be the first to get the great bargains; this predated the "Black Friday" insanity that often occurs these days by many decades) starring Pete Smith (note that Smith first started producing short subjects in 1931, when they were referred to as "Pete Smith Specialties"; he made an astounding 155 of these over the next 24 years, narrating 135 of them, and sometimes he was billed as "a Smith named Pete"; the shorts covered a wide range of unusual subjects, kind of like "Ripley's Believe It or Not"; as the narrator), Maxine Gates, Sally Payne, Jack Rice, and Dorothy Short. Note that director Dave O'Brien was better known as Dave 'Tex' O'Brien, and he appeared in many B-westerns as an actor. In the mid-1940s, as his western career wound down, he turned to directing (and providing voices for) many animated shorts, including lots of Pete Smith Specialties! If anyone knows more about this movie, please e-mail us and we will post it here. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: very good. The poster had tiny paper loss at the top and bottom crossfolds and minor fold and border wear. It had an NSS stamp on the back of the top center that slightly bled through to the front. Overall, the poster was in very good condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was nicely backed, and displays well! Learn More about condition grades 
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