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Auction History Result 2a0575 JOLSON STORY linen Italian 1p 1950 Ballester art of Parks & Evelyn Keyes, Al Jolson, rare! Date Sold 4/17/2022 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original 1950 (from the first release of this movie in Italy) Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked Italian One-Panel (known in Italy as a "2 Fogli") Movie Poster (1p; measures 39" x 55" [99 x 140 cm]) (Learn More) The Jolson Story (released in Italy as "Al Jolson"), the classic 1946 Alfred E. Green musical biography ("Their dream comes true! Co-starred... married in their work as in their home!"; ; "A cavalcade in glorious Technicolor"; "Thrill to these beloved melodies!"; about Al Jolson, the famous "blackface" singer, star of the first "talking" picture, "The Jazz Singer"; this was very loosely based on Al Jolson's life; Ruby Keeler, his real-life first wife did not want to be named in the movie, so his wife was the fictitious "Julie Benson") starring Larry Parks (nominated for the Best Actor Academy Award for this film; in the title role as Al Jolson), Evelyn Keyes (as Julie Benson), William Demarest (nominated for the Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for this film; as Steve Martin), Bill Goodwin, Scotty Beckett (best remembered as a very young "Our Gang" member and also for this big screen role as Asa Yoelson, the young Al Jolson!), Ludwig Donath (best remembered for playing Al Jolson's father, Cantor Yoelson, in this movie and its sequel), Tamara Shayne (as Mrs. Yoelson), and John Alexander (as Lew Dockstader) NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Artist: Anselmo Ballester Important Added Info: Note that we have only previously auctioned one example of this Italian one-panel poster (5 years ago), and that poster has now been reconsigned to us, so it is still the only example we have ever auctioned! What IS linenbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: very good. The poster had small paper loss at some crossfolds and some creases, tears, and tiny paper loss on parts of some folds. 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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