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Auction History Result 9m0125 STRANGE CARGO linen Italian 2p 1948 Brini art of Clark Gable & Joan Crawford, ultra rare! Date Sold 8/8/2021 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original 1948 (from the first release of this movie in Italy) Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked Italian Two-Panel (known in Italy as a "4 Fogli") Movie Poster (2p; measures 55" x 78" [140 x 198 cm]) (Learn More) Strange Cargo, the 1940 Frank Borzage South America Devil's Island escaped convict romantic crime melodrama ("Flight of the damned -- as a sin ship rides the waves!"; "Based on the book 'Not Too Narrow Not Too Deep' by Richard Sale"; about a prisoner on Devil's Island who tries to escape, but is turned in by a pretty saloon girl, and he tries to escape a second time with a group of men by boat, and one of them is a strange Christ-like figure who seems to know what is going to happen before it does) starring Clark Gable ("Clark Gable's Greatest Adventure!"), Joan Crawford ("Joan Crawford's Boldest Romance!"), Ian Hunter, Peter Lorre, Paul Lukas, Albert Dekker, J. Edward Bromberg, Eduardo Ciannelli, and Charles Judels. Note that this movie was partially filmed in the studio, and partially "on location", but Pismo Beach, California stood in for Devil's Island! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Artist: Ercole Brini Important Added Info: Note that Italian posters from the first few years after World War II are among the most rare posters there are! Apparently, there were still major paper shortages in Italy, and few posters were printed, and most were recycled. This is an extremely rare first release Italian poster from 1948, which we have never auctioned before. What IS linenbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: very good to fine. The poster had tiny paper loss at just a few crossfolds and a very few creases, scuffs, and tiny tears on parts of some folds. Overall, the poster was in very good to fine condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was nicely backed, and displays well! Learn More about condition grades 
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