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Auction History Result 5p0438 BIG TOWN CZAR linen 1sh 1939 Barton MacLane, based on the story by TV's Ed Sullivan, rare! Date Sold 12/19/2023 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) Big Town Czar, the 1939 Arthur Lubin mystery crime thriller (based on the Ed Sullivan story) starring Barton MacLane, Tom Brown, Eve Arden, Jack La Rue, Jerry Marlowe, Frank Jenks, Walter Woolf King, and Ed Sullivan. Note that famed newspaper columnist turned TV show host Ed Sullivan only appeared in a handful of movies, and this was the only movie where he did not play himself! 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 we have only previously auctioned two examples of this one-sheet, but only one in the last 25 years! What IS linenbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: good. The poster had paper loss in the 2" below the bottom crossfold, in Brown's forehead and temple. It had creases, tears, and small paper loss in the rest of the folds and pinholes around the edges. Overall, the poster was in good condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was pretty well backed, but you can clearly see signs of the above defects and the restoration of the above defects. Note that either the restorer who mounted the poster did not leave any excess linen around the edges of the poster, or possibly the owner of the poster chose to carefully trim off the excess, so that the poster would fit in a frame. Learn More about condition grades 
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