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Auction History Result 8x045 BROTHER MARTIN linen 1sh 1942 striking image of Jesus on cross, story of a negro who loved God! Date Sold 9/8/2019 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 27" x 41" [69 x 104 cm]) (Learn More) Brother Martin: Servant of Jesus, the 1942 Spencer Williams black African American religious melodrama ("Full length feature"; "The story of a negro who loved God"; "Hear the celebrated 'Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen'"; "See and understand the mysteries of Brother Martin's Holy Religion"; "The story of a colored man accepted by God"; the movie has a framing story at the beginning and end about an uncle telling the story of Martin de Porres to his niece; de Porres was a late sixteenth-century Peruvian who was elevated to sainthood in 1962 by Pope John XXIII, he is the the patron saint of mixed-race people, barbers, innkeepers, public health workers, and all those seeking racial harmony) starring Spencer Williams "and a great supporting cast". Note that director/star Spencer Williams made several movies with all-black casts, including this one, in the 1940s, and all had religious themes, and they were shown to all-black audiences. Note that this is a "lost" film which means that no surviving copies are thought to exist. Not only that, but very little is known about the movie itself beyond what is stated on the one-sheet, because no other posters seem to have survived either. If anyone knows more about this, please e-mail us and we will post it here. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: good to very good. 1" of the top blank border was trimmed off, but only blank white paper was affected. There was an uneven tear going through Jesus' chest, but with no paper loss. There was a tear at the top of the last "R" of "BROTHER", going into Jesus' waist. There was an uneven tear in the top left, extending into the background area and a similar tear in the lower left, extending into the top of the head of the man and the face of the girl by him, but no paper loss. It had an uneven tear in the background at lower right above the inset image. Other than the above, the poster was in pretty nice condition prior to linenbacking, with good colors. Overall, the poster was in good condition. The poster was pretty well backed, but you can see signs of the above defects and the restoration of the above defects, but the poster displays nicely. Learn More about condition grades 
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