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Auction History Result 4z099 BURNING QUESTION 3sh '19 Father Kelly & good Americans fight evil Bolsheviks during WWI! Date Sold 2/18/2016 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Folded Three-Sheet Movie Poster (3sh; measures 39 1/4" x 77" [100 x 196 cm]) (Learn More) The Burning Question, the 1919 silent World War I (WWI) anti-Bolshevik romantic melodrama ("A super feature photoplay!"; "Pulsating with heart interest."; about a girl and her brother, and how they get mixed up with Bolsheviks before, during, and after World War I) starring Father Kelly ("Chaplain in Chief of The American Legion and Staff Chaplain of the 27th Division"), Inez Ranous, Ida Edgington, May Kitson, and Gilbert Rooney. Note that this movie is an attack on Bolshevism, which was the forerunner of Communism, and after its success in Russia, Bolshevism started to spread to the rest of the world, and there was a movement in America which greatly troubled many Americans, and several movies like this were made, designed to "expose" what they saw as an evil movement. Note that a real life American Legion Chaplain, Father Kelly, had a supporting role in this movie (playing himself), and he was given great billing on one of the two posters for the movie we have ever seen, but oddly, the director is not billed, while the producer, O.E. Goebel is billed on both posters above the title (as "Producer of The Victim and The Transgressor"), and even more oddly, we could not locate the director anywhere on the Internet! Finally, note that there was a 1936 movie released as "The Burning Question", but it is better known as "Reefer Madness", and of course, that movie has no connection to this movie! If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Important Added Info: Note that this poster has been trimmed and it now measures 39 1/4" x 77" [100 x 196 cm]. The poster was placed on to a thin linen backing shortly after being printed. The purpose was to reinforce the poster, so that it would survive, when it was passed from theater to theater, and when it was put up on walls and taken down. Such posters can be professionally removed from the original linen and placed on to a proper linen backing. I have done this to several such posters, and they end up looking wonderful! The poster was folded oddly, so it needs to be sent in an oversized flat package, which measures roughly 13" x 23", so they cost more to send than regularly folded three-sheets, especially if they are sent to non-U.S. addresses. Note that this item needs to be shipped in an oversized flat package. If it is a size that might ordinarily be rolled in a tube (like a half-sheet), the reason it is in this auction is specifically because we feel it either CAN'T be rolled or because we feel it would be a mistake to roll it, because it might well damage the item. In the case of the few items that could be rolled, we will roll the item in a tube if the new owner insists, but only if they accept that they can't return the item if it is damaged from being rolled. So please bear in mind that this item must be sent in a LARGE flat package (the size of the package will depend on the size of the item), and bear this added expense in mind before placing a bid on it. Condition: fair. The poster was mounted to a thin linen and metal grommets were inserted to allow it to be hung on walls. It was then folded. There is staining and water staining scattered throughout the poster, and it was slightly trimmed around the edges, likely before it was placed on the thin linen. Learn More about condition grades 
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