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Auction History Result 7c0765 YOUNG DONOVAN'S KID French 2p 1933 different stylized art of Richard Dix & Jackie Cooper Date Sold 1/7/2021 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original 1933 (from the first release of this movie in France) Vintage Theatrical Folded French Two-Panel "Double Grande" Movie Poster (2p; measures 63" x 92 1/2" [160 x 235 cm]; printed in 2 pieces) (Learn More) Young Donovan's Kid, the 1931 Fred Niblo child adoption family relationship romantic crime melodrama ("Bonded in one great picture!"; "Based upon Rex Beach's novel 'Big Brother'"; about a mobster who adopts the young brother of a fellow gangster who has been killed; after much bonding, the boy is taken away, and the gangster goes nuts robbing people, but then, under the influence of the minister's daughter, he completely reforms and gets an honest job!) starring Richard Dix (in the title role as Jim Donovan), Jackie Cooper ("Sensational star of 'Skippy'"; in the title role as Midge Murray), Marion Shilling, Frank Sheridan and Boris Karloff (in a small part, one of an amazing 16 movies he made in 1931; of course, at the end of that year, he starred in Frankenstein and that made him a major star!). Note that this is a "lost" film which means that no surviving copies are thought to exist. 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 we have only previously auctioned one example of this French poster, and that was 8 years ago, when it sold for $333! This is an extremely rare pre-World War II French poster! Virtually no French posters survive from before, during, or right after World War II. Apparently there were many paper shortages in France during World War II, resulting in the destruction of almost all pre-World War II posters!Also note that this French two-panel was printed in 2 sections designed to overlap. Condition: good to very good. Learn More about condition grades 
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