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Auction History Result 4g276 MIDDLETON FAMILY AT THE NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR linen 1sh '39 art of the world of tomorrow! Date Sold 12/3/2013 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) Middleton Family at the New York World's Fair, the 1939 Robert R. Snody typical-American-family-visits-the-World's-Fair melodrama ("An average American family's visit to the world of tomorrow") starring Marjorie Lord, Jimmy Lydon, Ruth Lee, Harry Shannon, and Adora Andrews. Note that this was a 55-minute feature movie paid for by Westinghouse (then a giant corporation and maker of appliances) to promote the New York World's Fair that was just opening, and of course to promote Westinghouse's major exhibit at that World's Fair. The movie shows a "typical" American family with a grandmother who keeps talking about the good old days. It presents a very rosy view of the future, not realizing that World War II was just around the corner, and would completely alter its predictions. It did correctly predict the success of television (pictured on the poster, but oddly, Westinghouse, which was a leader in television, would soon quit the market!). It had a robot that never came to be (it is pictured on the poster), and missed the mark in many other ways. The one-sheet for this unusual movie features great artwork of the World's Fair with the Trylon and Perisphere prominent in the center. Until recently, it could not be seen, but it has been made available on the Internet (Westinghouse did not fare as well, because it was sold to Viacom in 1999 and the merged company got out of its trademark businesses, and essentially no longer exists). NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: very good to fine. The poster was folded in half an extra time. It had tiny paper loss at the crossfolds and minor fold and border wear. Overall, the poster was in very good to fine condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was nicely backed, and displays well! Learn More about condition grades 
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