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Auction History Result 8x401 ONCE UPON A HONEYMOON linen 1sh '42 wonderful smiling portrait of Ginger Rogers & Cary Grant! Date Sold 12/8/2009 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked Style A One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 27" x 41") (Learn More) Leo McCarey's Once Upon a Honeymoon, the 1942 Leo McCarey World War II (WWII) spy espionage romantic comedy ("The climax of a year of great pictures!"; "They're wonderful together!"; "He kissed her... she kissed him... and the other fellow's honeymoon was over.. in the one big picture that sweeps you over a wold at was on a tidal wave of gay, romantic comedy!"; "He kissed her in Vienna.. She kissed him in Warsaw..They kissed each other in Prague"; "Now what do you suppose happened in Paris??"; "Laugh at it all in the one big picture that sweeps you over a world at war on a tidal wave of romantic comedy!"; "it's wonderful!"; "Romantic comedy against the seething background of conflict and intrigue... The 'impossible' combination of soul-free laughter and riot-and-rubble!... Only Cary and Ginger, plus Leo McCarey, could have given it the 'flair' that makes you feel the impact of its power as you glide gaily along its peaks of hilarity... truly the laugh-and-lift tops in outstanding screen entertainment!"; a somewhat bizarre spoof, where Rogers is married to a German baron, and Cary Grant is a reporter who discovers the Baron is a Nazi spy, and Grant and Rogers fall in love and also help stop her husband; many plot twists are played for laughs, including the murder of a major character, and there is even a scene where Grant and Rogers are mistaken for Jews and put in a concentration camp) starring Ginger Rogers, Cary Grant, Walter Slezak, Albert Dekker, Albert Basserman, Harry Shannon, Henry Victor, Lionel Royce, and Hans Conried NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Condition: good to very good. The poster had tiny paper loss at the crossfolds and some creases and tiny tears on parts of some foldlines. There was an extra horizontal fold 1/2" above the regular horizontal fold with some tears and areas of paper loss between the two folds, including in the Albert Basserman credit. There was a tear in Rogers' hair and in the background above her hair. There were some creases, tears, and areas of paper loss around the edges of the poster. Overall, the poster was in good to very good condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was pretty well backed, but you can see signs of the above defects and the restoration of the above defects. Note that the restorer left a tiny bit of excess linen around all four sides of the poster (they left a small border in order to protect the poster from handling damage, but they did not leave a larger border to allow it to more easily fit in a frame). Learn More about condition grades 
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