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Auction History Result 2r0411 STRANGE CARGO Italian 14x19 1948 Clark Gable carrying Joan Crawford, Romini art, ultra rare! Date Sold 8/4/2022 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original 1948 (from the first release of this movie in Italy) Vintage Theatrical Unfolded Italian Photobusta Movie Poster (13x18 pbusta; measures 13 1/2" x 19 1/4" [34 x 49 cm]) (Learn More) Strange Cargo, the 1940 Frank Borzage South America Devil's Island escaped convict romantic crime melodrama ("Flight of the damned -- as a sin ship rides the waves!"; "Based on the book 'Not Too Narrow Not Too Deep' by Richard Sale"; about a prisoner on Devil's Island who tries to escape, but is turned in by a pretty saloon girl, and he tries to escape a second time with a group of men by boat, and one of them is a strange Christ-like figure who seems to know what is going to happen before it does) starring Clark Gable ("Clark Gable's Greatest Adventure!"), Joan Crawford ("Joan Crawford's Boldest Romance!"), Ian Hunter, Peter Lorre, Paul Lukas, Albert Dekker, J. Edward Bromberg, Eduardo Ciannelli, and Charles Judels. Note that this movie was partially filmed in the studio, and partially "on location", but Pismo Beach, California stood in for Devil's Island! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Artist: Romini Important Added Info: Note that Italian posters from the first few years after World War II are among the most rare posters there are! Apparently, there were still major paper shortages in Italy, and few posters were printed, and most were recycled. This is an extremely rare first release Italian poster from 1948, which we have never auctioned before! It is likely a photobusta. Before World War II Italy made heavy stock lobby cards for their movies, and at some point in the late 1940s or late 1950s they switched to thinner paper photobustas in sets of eight or more. This poster is on a medium weight paper that can be rolled, and it may be from a set of photobustas or it may just be a separate special poster. If anyone knows more about this, please e-mail us and we will post it here. Condition: good to very good. The poster has smudges and pinholes around the edges. Someone put small pieces of tape on the back of the pinholes but did no restoration. Learn More about condition grades 
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