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Auction History Result 4h009 INFORMER linen Danish '36 John Ford, art of Victor McLaglen & Heather Angel by Frederiksen! Date Sold 12/5/2013 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original 1936 (from the first release of this movie in Denmark) Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked Danish Movie Poster (measures 24 1/2" x 33 1/4" [62 x 84 cm]) (Learn More) The Informer, the classic 1935 John Ford (winner of the Best Director Academy Award for this film) Ireland Irish Rebellion Irish Republican Army (IRA) betrayal melodrama ("No words can describe the heart-crushing poser of this great drama"; "For a woman's smile he sold his living soul!"; "A blast of searing drama that will crumble the walls of your heart!"; "It grips you... Holds you... Fascinates you!.. The souls of a man and woman in love become the stage on which stampedes all that there is of the human heart... Its sins and its sufferings... Its pain and its passions... Its terror and its glory!"; "The souls of a man and woman in love become the crucible of fear that sets a city ablaze with mob-crazed fury! The most astounding drama the screen has ever known!"; "From the story by Liam O'Flaherty"; nominated for the Best Picture Academy Award; about a member of the IRA who betrays his comrades to the English in return for money, and then, wracked by guilt, spends the money openly and incriminates himself) starring Victor McLaglen (winner of the Best Actor Academy Award for this film; in the title role as Gypo Nolan, the informer), Heather Angel, Preston Foster, Margot Grahame, Wallace Ford (as Frankie McPhillip, the man that Gypo Nolan betrayed for the 20 pound reward), Una O'Connor, Donald Meek, and Joe Sawyer NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Artist: Erik Frederiksen Important Added Info: Note that the art on this poster is signed "Erik F.". The artist's full name is Erik Frederiksen, and we have been told by a Danish poster expert that he not only drew movie posters in Denmark in the 1930s but he also drew travel posters. We had never seen any art by this artist prior to discovery of a group of Danish posters we auctioned in 2009, and it appears that few Danish collectors or dealers had seen them either, because all of the posters sold for quite high prices, and there was much competitive bidding for each one! Certainly he must be regarded as one of the premier poster artists of the 1930s, but he is not known today, likely because of the extreme scarcity of his posters. Now we have been re-consigned five of those posters we auctioned in 2009 (we had never seen them prior to 2009, and we have not seen any other examples of them since). What IS linenbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: very good to fine. The poster was never folded. It had a 4" tear in the right of the bottom border and the tiniest of paper loss in the lower left blank border. Otherwise, the poster was in excellent condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was nicely backed, and displays well! Learn More about condition grades 
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