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Auction History Result Lot #: VHP7 035 DAMSEL IN DISTRESS one-sheet movie poster '37 Astaire, Burns & Allen  Date Sold 7/11/2004Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. Appears in Vintage Hollywood Posters 7 CATALOG SOLD OUT The image at right appears in the auction catalog we published as shown above and was sold long ago and we do NOT have it available for purchase. An Original Vintage Theatrical Folded One-Sheet Movie Poster (measures 27" x 41") (Learn More) A Damsel in Distress, the 1937 George Stevens Americans-in-England romantic musical comedy ("Music by George Gershwin"; "Lyrics by Ira Gershwin"; "From the story by P.G. Wodehouse"; oddly, this was a remake of a 1919 movie based on a P.G. Wodehouse story, with much music by George and Ira Gershwin; the grafting of musical comedy onto a serious story was not received well at the box office, but the movie is worth seeing for its great star power) starring Fred Astaire, George Burns & Gracie Allen (Burns & Allen of 1950s TV fame!), Joan Fontaine, Reginald Gardiner, Ray Noble, Constance Collier, Montagu Love, and Harry Watson NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Condition: good to very good. tiny stain at right in Fontaine's cheek as well as some stains extending from the credits at right into the right of the bottom blank border; smudges at lower right slightly extending into Allen's image as well as some creases, smudges, and scuffs throughout the poster (mostly along the foldlines and edges); tack hole in the white background at center as well as a few tack holes and 1/2" and smaller tears around the edges of the poster. The poster is in better condition than the above makes it sound! Its defects are somewhat minor and are the sort that respond well to restoration. After linenbacking by a talented professional, the poster would look great, and it would have little paint restoration anywhere on it! Learn More about condition grades 
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