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Auction History Result d355 GILDERSLEEVE'S GHOST linen one-sheet movie poster '44 horror comedy! Date Sold 8/16/2005Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked One-Sheet Movie Poster (27" x 41") (Learn More) Gildersleeve's Ghost, the 1944 Gordon Douglas science fiction (sci-fi) fantasy horror comedy ("Weird... Wild-Eyed... and What Fun"; "A haunted house-ful of goofy, ghostly guffaws with Gildy in the mad-cap middle!"; "You'll SCREAM with laughter!"; "Everything from spooks to nuts! As Gildy and a giant gorilla tussle over a buxom blonde who vanishes..just like that!"; "EERIE HILARITY -- when a pair of spooks and a giant gorilla try to pal up with Throcky!"; "- with the Prince of Pomposity at his befuddled best... As he pits his wits against a giant gorilla, a vanishing Venus and a pair of goofy spooks!"; based on the hit radio show, "The Great Gildersleeve") starring Harold Peary (in the title role as Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve, and also as the ghosts of two of his ancestors!), Marion Martin, Richard LeGrand, Amelita Ward, Freddie Mercer, Margie Stewart, Lillian Randolph, Nick Stewart, and Charles Gemora (as the gorilla!). Note that starting in 1929 and continuing into the 1940s, Charles Gemora played gorillas in many movies, likely because he owned a gorilla suit, and could do a somewhat convincing job portraying a gorilla. Just a few years later, Ray 'Crash' Corrigan would also start playing gorillas, and no doubt they competed for roles in every movie requiring a gorilla! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Condition: good. This poster was linenbacked, but it was either NOT linenbacked by a very talented restorer, OR it was linenbacked many years ago, and has received rough handling over the years, OR it had fairly significant defects that were not restored at all. If it was restored, you can clearly see signs of the restoration even from a distance. This is a poster that would surely benefit from additional professional restoration. You can tell which of the above is the case for this particular poster by reading our "pre-restoration" description and also by looking at our "super-sized" image of the actual poster (we are the only major auction company we know of that gives accurate detailed pre-restoration information about linenbacked posters to our bidders, but we wish everyone did!). The poster had small tears and tiny paper loss along all the foldlines, and larger areas of paper loss at the middle and bottom crossfolds. The poster also has areas of paper loss around the edges and some other border defects. This poster was not linenbacked all that well! If I owned this poster, I would either have it re-backed, or have a restorer try to do additional touch up to the above defects without re-backing the poster. In any event, please do not bid on this poster unless you can accept its defects, or are willing to pay to have the poster re-restored! Learn More about condition grades 
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