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Auction History Result 2w127 TIN PAN ALLEY English 3sh 1941 stone litho of Alice Faye, Betty Grable, Oakie & Payne, rare! Date Sold 12/14/2017 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original 1941 (from the first release of this movie in England) Vintage Theatrical Folded English Three-Sheet (called a 6sh in England) Movie Poster (3sh; measures 40 1/4" x 88" [102 x 224 cm]) (Learn More) Tin Pan Alley, the 1940 Walter Lang New York City/London England boxing romantic songwriting musical ("Based on a story by Pamela Harris"; about two men who want to be songwriters, but have so little success that one boxes to pay their bills; they meet a pair of singing sisters, and one of them falls in love with one of the men, and she lends the men the money to buy a great song on the condition that she can sing it, but the men double-cross her when a famous star offers to sing it, so she goes to London to join her sister in an act there, and the men enlist in the Army and they get sent to London, where they are reunited with the sisters!) starring Alice Faye, Betty Grable, Jack Oakie, John Payne, Allen Jenkins, Esther Ralston, Nicholas Brothers, and Ben Carter. Note that the meaning of the words "Tin Pan Alley" are pretty forgotten today, but in the days before television, just about every home had a piano, and sheet music sold in the millions! In New York City, starting around 1915, 46th Street and 8th Avenue became known as Tin Pan Alley, because that's where all of the song publishers were located, and every would-be songwriter would dream of selling their songs there! 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 never auctioned this English three-sheet before. In 2015, we had a U.S. three-sheet from this title, but it was in much lesser condition. Note that this movie was released in England in 1941, when there was a massive paper shortage due to World War II. Many posters at that time were printed on the back of other posters, or sections of other posters. In the case of this particular poster, the small bottom section was printed on the back of part of another poster, but the top section, which is the bulk of the poster, was not printed on the back of another poster! Fortunately, even though the bottom section was printed on the back of another poster, there is only slight "bleed-through" from the printing on the back (which is part of a large poster, so we don't know what it is from). Also note that this English three-sheet was printed in 2 sections designed to overlap, and when combined, the poster measures 40 1/4" x 88" [102 x 224 cm]. Condition: very good. The small bottom section was printed on the back of part of another poster (see above). There is slight bleed-through from that printing on the back in the bottom right corner. Otherwise, the poster has some tears in the borders and some pretty fold wear. Given that it is remarkable that this poster survives at all, it seems fair to say that it has survived in pretty nice condition (see our image). Learn More about condition grades 
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