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Auction History Result 4x0375 IMITATION OF LIFE linen 1sh R1961 Lana Turner, written by Fannie Hurst, Brown art, rare! Date Sold 8/6/2023 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. A 1961 Re-Release Theatrical Linenbacked One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 27" x 41" [69 x 104 cm]) (Learn More) Fannie Hurst's Imitation of Life, the classic 1959 Douglas Sirk racial romantic melodrama ("The color line won't stop me, Ma! I look, feel, think white... And I'm going to marry white!"; "I'll get the things I want out of life... One way - or another, From one man - or another!"; "You've given me everything a mother could but the thing I wanted most... Your love!"; "This fine emotional drama dares to uncover the unashamed yearnings of today's generation"; "There are two kinds of dreams... one can come true... There are two kinds of sex... one comes with love! There are two kinds of life... one is real!"; "Hear Earl Grant sing 'Imitation of Life'"; "Fannie Hurst's best-selling novel of today's tormented generation!"; written by Fannie Hurst and "Produced by Ross Hunter") starring Lana Turner, John Gavin, Sandra Dee, Dan O'Herlihy ("as David Edwards"), Susan Kohner (nominated for the Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for this film; as the teenage Sarah Jane, who is black, but is light-skinned enough that she can "pass for white"; actually, she was of Mexican and Czechoslovakian descent, and she made just a few more movies and then retired in 1964), Robert Alda, Juanita Moore (nominated for the Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for this film), Mahalia Jackson ("singing 'Trouble of the World'"), Troy Donahue, and Than Wyenn. Some people might disagree with my describing this movie as "classic", but I think it is hard to argue that this is one of the finest of its type of movie! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Artist: Reynold Brown Important Added Info: Note that this movie returned to theaters in 1961, two years after its first release, and additional one-sheets were printed for this re-release, but they used the same image from the 1959 poster, only altering the copyright information at the bottom. This is only the second time we have auctioned this poster, probably because the re-release played in far fewer theaters than the first release, and they may have still had original posters to use for it, which would account for the extreme rarity of this poster. If anyone knows more about this, please e-mail us and we will post it here. What IS linenbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: fair to good. The poster had pretty minor fold and border wear. Overall, the poster was in very good condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was pretty well backed, but after it was backed, it came into contact with moisture, and it is now lightly rippled down the entire left 10". Also, it acquired some small brown stains in the right excess linen, but they have no effect on the poster. Learn More about condition grades 
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