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Auction History Result 2s0800 FOLLOW THE FLEET signed linen 1/2sh 1936 by Ginger Rogers, w/Astaire, Berlin, different & rare! Date Sold 8/7/2022 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked Autographed Half-Sheet Movie Poster (1/2sh; measures 22" x 28" [56 x 71 cm]) (Learn More) Follow the Fleet, the classic 1936 Mark Sandrich military Navy sailor romantic musical ("Clear the decks for action!..."; "They're the life of the Navy... in the musical gem of the ocean!"; "Irving Berlin composed the salty songs and tantalizing tunes"; "A 21-gun salute to the mirth of a nation! ...with more new dances... more new songs... more new things to make you laugh and thrill and tingle than you've ever seen or heard before!"; "In the Super-Dreadnaught of musical shows"; "Strike up the band!... Here come the king and queen rhythm... in the super-dread-naught of musical shows!"; "Based on the play 'Shore Leave' by Hubert Osborne"; "Lyrics and music by Irving Berlin who gives you a broadside of Song Hits"; about two sailors on leave in San Francisco and they are romancing two pretty performers) starring Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Randolph Scott, Betty Grable, Harriet Hilliard (billed as "Harriet Nelson"), Astrid Allwyn, Lucille Ball, "and scores of glorious girls and go-get 'em gobs hitting the high spots afloat and ashore!". Note that this was one of the nine wonderful movies that Astaire and Rogers made between 1933 and 1939 (they made one final movie, "The Barkleys of Broadway", thirteen years later in 1949). 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 this poster has been personally autographed (signed) by Ginger Rogers! Our consignor purchased this signed item from a major auction house, but they did not provide him with a certificate of authenticity. Note that we have only previously auctioned two examples of this half-sheet, and the last one was 9 years ago, when it sold for $3,000, and of course, that example was not signed! What IS linenbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: good. The poster was never folded but had many light creases and scuffs scattered throughout. It had a 5" vertical tear in the center of the top border, with small paper loss at the upper part of that tear, partly in the blank border and partly in the background and finger. It had pinholes, tears, light stains, and small paper loss around the edges. It had some faint staining in Rogers' cheek at lower right, with creases in her upper lip and cheek. Overall, the poster was in fair to good condition prior to linenbacking. Someone linenbacked the poster and performed somewhat amateur restoration to the above defects, and the restoration and the defects are pretty noticeable. If I owned this great poster, I would surely have a talented restorer remove it from the linen and properly re-back it, being sure to preserve the signature at bottom center. Please bear the above in mind before bidding on this poster. Learn More about condition grades 
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