eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 7f1225 ONE MILE FROM HEAVEN 1sh 1937 interracial drama, Claire Trevor & Fredi Washington, rare! Date Sold 9/24/2024Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Folded One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 27" x 41" [69 x 104 cm]) (Learn More) One Mile From Heaven, the 1937 Allan Dwan interracial family relationship melodrama ("She the strangest story of mother love!"; "Dared she tell...why two mothers claimed this child? WHICH HAD THE GREATER RIGHT? ..the mother who brought this baby into the world? ...the one who fought to world to keep it for herself?"; "A story of mother-love the news papers would not print!"; "Two women claimed her... but which one was her real mother?"; about a newspaper woman who believes she has a scoop when she finds a black woman who is the mother of a white child!) starring Claire Trevor, Sally Blane, Douglas Fowley, Fredi Washington (a very light-skinned, very talented black African American actress who refused to try to "pass for white", and who appeared in several important black related movies including "Imitation of Life", "The Emperor Jones" and "Black and Tan"; ironically, she had to have her skin darkened, so she could "pass for black"!), Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson (one of the first black African American actors to achieve success in mainstream sound movies), and Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson 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 auctioned three examples of this poster before and the last time was 15 years ago! Condition: fair to good. There are some very large tears in the center of the poster and at upper center (see our image). They are all backed with brown paper tape that slightly bleeds through to the front. There are some edge defects. There are creases at upper right. It is otherwise "mostly all there" and after proper restoration the very rare poster will display well, but bear in mind the poster's condition and the cost of restoration before bidding on it. Learn More about condition grades
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