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Auction History Result 7y405 I'LL SELL MY LIFE 1sh 1941 Rose Hobart will give up her life to save her brother's eyes! Date Sold 7/4/2017 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Folded One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 27" x 41" [69 x 104 cm]) (Learn More) I'll Sell My Life, the 1941 Elmer Clifton romantic crime blackmail melodrama (a wacky story about a woman whose brother needs an eye operation that costs $20,000 or he will go blind, and she kind of offers to "sell her life" in order to get the money) starring Rose Hobart, Michael Whalen, Stanley Fields, Joan Woodbury, Roscoe Ates, and Robert Walker. Note that the Robert Walker credited above was NOT the Robert Walker who starred in the 1940s and 1950s, but a different Robert Walker who started making movies in 1913, and he appeared in an amazing 255 movies through 1953, a 40 year span, but most of those were westerns, and a lot of them were very minor roles, often uncredited. 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 this poster was printed by "Southern Poster Printing Co." A constant headache for theaters (especially those showing burlesque) was being sure of having movie posters for their current releases. Often, the posters would travel with the actual film prints, and sometimes the theater before them might have forgotten to include the poster, it might have been defaced or torn, etc. If a theater didn't have posters, it was very frustrating! Several companies began in the 1930s (Leader Press, the "other company" [Associated Displays Corporation], Woolever Press, etc) that made posters of their own for new releases, and they would provide a back up for theaters in case they didn't get a studio issued poster. Often the posters from these companies (with the exception of the "other company") were silk-screen posters, but they were often quite attractive, and virtually always had a completely different design from the regular studio issued poster. It is an absolute fact that posters from these companies are far more rare than the regular studio issued posters. It is also a certainty that these posters were issued when the movies were first released. In fact, they were created PRIOR to the movie's release, so that they could serve as teaser or advance posters (theaters rarely got the studio issued posters before receiving the actual movie). We have located an extremely rare original advertisement for Leader Press posters which clearly states that they were available to theaters a full two weeks prior to each movie's release. Sometimes these alternative printing posters have images that are the equal of those from the regular studio release posters. Condition: fair to good. The upper vertical foldline is separated from the upper crossfold to the edge where there is some paper loss. There is slight discoloration scattered in some areas of the poster from exposure to moisture. Please see our super-sized image to get a good sense of the condition of this item prior to placing a bid. Learn More about condition grades 
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