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Auction History Result 2a002 BLACKWELL'S ISLAND long Aust daybill '39 art of John Garfield & sexy Rosemary Lane! Date Sold 8/22/2013 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Folded Australian Daybill Movie Poster (db; measures 14 3/4" x 40" [37 x 102 cm]) (Learn More) Blackwell's Island, the 1939 William C. McGann & Michael Curtiz New York City prison convict crime thriller ("John Garfield dramatically exposes Blackwell's Island"; "Original story by Crane Wilbur & Lee Katz") starring John Garfield, Rosemary Lane, Dick Purcell, Victor Jory, and Stanley Fields. Note that this movie was loosely based on real life events. In 1828, New York City purchased this island, which was in the harbor outside New York City, and put a prison there. They later added a mental institution for mentally ill patients and also a hospital. But over the years, there was massive corruption at the prison. In 1934, a major racketeer set up shop inside the prison, running his criminal enterprises from within the prison (a real life "Dr. Mabuse", the master criminal that Fritz Lang had running a German criminal empire from within a mental hospital). It took a lot of doing, but New York City was able to shut down the criminal enterprise and somewhat clean up the prison, and this movie was a fictionalized version of those events. 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 the top and bottom edges of the poster were printed without a blank border (full-bleed) and the poster does not appear to have been trimmed. Also note that this poster was folded at one time but has been laying flat for a long time and will be sent rolled in a tube. Condition: good to very good. There are several horizontal creases throughout the poster from it being oddly folded at one time. There are water stains down the right edge of the poster (mostly only noticeable in the blank border). There are some 1" and smaller tears around the edges of the poster. The poster is otherwise in pretty nice condition. Learn More about condition grades 
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