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Auction History Result 1j772 LE SCHPOUNTZ French 1p 1938 Marcel Pagnol, great cartoon art of Fernandel by Toe, ultra rare! Date Sold 10/30/2018 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Folded French One-Panel "Grande" Movie Poster (1p; measures 47 1/4" x 63" [120 x 160 cm]) (Learn More) Le Schpountz (released in the U.S. in 1939 as "Heartbeat"), the 1938 Marcel Pagnol French movie making comedy (about a simpleton who works in a store but dreams of being a movie star, and when a movie is being filmed near where he lives, he goes to the set, and they see how naive he is, and they sign him to a fake contract, and he thinks he is really about to become a major star!) starring Fernandel, Orane Demazis, Leon Belieres, Robert Vattier, and Fernand Charpin. Note that Marcel Pagnol apparently based this story on a true incident that occurred in France at this time. The movie was being shot while he was writing the script, and after it was filmed the first time, Pagnol was unhappy with it, and he completely re-shot it, and since Pierre Brasseur was no longer available, his scenes were re-shot with Roger Forster. But when Pagnol assembled the film, he used some of the shots from the rejected first version, which resulted in both Forster and Brasseur appearing in the final film in the same role! Finally, note that IMDb says that the "international English title" of this movie was "Heartbeat", and we found that it did play in the U.S. in 1939 under that title, and we also found that it played under the original title in Quebec, Canada in 1939 (likely because they speak French there), but we don't know what title it played under in other English-speaking countries. It makes perfect sense that it would not play under the French title in English-speaking countries, because "le schpountz" is a French idiom for a simpleton that would not be known in non-French speaking countries. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Artist: Toe (spelling?) Important Added Info: Note that this poster, which is a "country of origin" poster for this French movie, is the very first French poster for this movie (and we have never auctioned it before). We previously auctioned a different poster that we THOUGHT was first release, but now that we have seen this poster, we think that this poster is from 1938, and that the other poster is likely from the late 1940s, after World War II. Also note that this is an extremely rare French poster from before World War II! Virtually no French posters survive from before, during or right after World War II (mostly only some heavy stock lobby cards, and even those are rare). Apparently there were many paper shortages in France during World War II, resulting in the destruction of almost all posters from before World War II, and also from during the war, and the first few years afterwards! Condition: good. The poster is very fragile and has separation, tears, and some tiny paper loss on parts of many folds. The poster is in urgent need of expert professional restoration. But the poster is mostly "all there", and after linenbacking by a talented professional, the poster will look fantastic, and it will likely require little paint restoration within the image. Please do not bid on this poster unless you can accept its defects described above or are willing to pay to have them properly restored! Learn More about condition grades 
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