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Auction History Result 4y024 LONDON insert '26 English slum girl Dorothy Gish is adopted by a rich woman! Date Sold 8/3/2010 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Paperbacked Insert Movie Poster (measures 14" x 36" [36 x 91 cm]) (Learn More) London, the 1926 Herbert Wilcox English England romantic love triangle melodrama ("An original story for the screen by Thomas Burke"; "British National Pictures Ltd. present their 'overseas special'"; about a young woman of the slums who meets a rich woman, and because she looks like the woman's deceased daughter, the woman wants to adopt her, and she is torn between her new rich life, and the rich woman's nephew, and the poor painter who she actually loves) starring Dorothy Gish, John Manners, Hubert Carter, Gibb McLaughlin, Margaret Yarde, Elissa Landi, and Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra (which seems odd in a silent movie!). Note that this is a "lost" film, which means that no surviving copies are thought to exist. 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 this poster has been paperbacked. What is paperbacking? This means the poster was backed onto a light paper backing (acid-free), that is similar in feel to that of the original poster (it means that the poster must be handled carefully, as the backing does not give it much added strength, but it is similar to having an unrestored poster, and yet it has been properly preserved). It is a similar process to linenbacking, except that most collectors use linenbacking for one-sheets and paperbacking for half-sheets, inserts, window cards. Condition: good. Prior to paperbacking, the poster had never been folded. It had considerable faint smudges and faint water stains throughout the entire poster. Overall, the poster was in fair to good condition prior to paperbacking. The person who restored the poster first completely cleaned it, which removed a considerable amount of the smudges and stains. At that point, the decision was made to not do further restoration, because in order to make the image look "perfect", there would have been the need for lots of paint, which would have given the poster a "heavily restored" look, and I don't feel the remaining faint water staining is all that distracting, and it helps establish that this is a genuine 84 year-old original poster! Obviously, one would prefer to find an example of this insert that had no defects or restoration, but I do not know if another example of this insert exists (or if it does, if the owner would consider parting with it!). Learn More about condition grades 
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