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Auction History Result

7a0487 HOME TOWN STORY linen style B 1/2sh 1951 beautiful secretary Marilyn Monroe is shown large!

Date Sold 8/4/2024
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An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked Style B Half-Sheet Movie Poster (1/2sh; measures 22" x 28" [56 x 71 cm]) (Learn More)

Home Town Story, the 1951 Arthur Pierson political bureaucratic newspaper journalism melodrama ("It could happen anywhere!"; "The Romantic School Teacher"; "The Beautiful Secretary"; "The Trapped Child"; "The Fighting Editor"; also written by Arthur Pierson; this odd movie was commissioned by General Motors to glorify "big business"!; it shows a liberal newspaper man who is anti-Big Business, until his sister is trapped in a cave-in, and only modern technology is able to save her, which causes the reporter to realize just how great big business is!; MGM distributed this movie as a favor to GM, and it would have been quickly forgotten except that young Marilyn Monroe had a minor supporting role, which meant it could be shown to large audiences) starring Jeffrey Lynn, Donald Crisp, Marjorie Reynolds, Marilyn Monroe, and Alan Hale Jr.
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Important Added Info: Note that Marilyn Monroe is 4th billed in this movie and is prominently pictured on this poster!

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Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: good to very good. The poster had The poster was never folded. It had some creases scattered in the image, with some small surface paper loss in the bottom left above Monroe's head. It had some creases, tears, and smudges around the edges. Overall, the poster was in good to very good condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was pretty well backed, but you can see signs of the above defects and the restoration of the above defects.
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