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Auction History Result 5d152 GUY NAMED JOE style B 1/2sh '44 WWII pilot Spencer Tracy loves Irene Dunne after death! Date Sold 3/12/2017 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Paperbacked Style B Half-Sheet Movie Poster (1/2sh; measures 22" x 28" [56 x 71 cm]) (Learn More) A Guy Named Joe, the 1944 Victor Fleming World War II (WWII) military airplane aviation pilot angel romantic love triangle fantasy melodrama ("A guy a gal a pal it's swell!"; "Screen Play by Dalton Trumbo"; about a WWII pilot who is killed, and who is made a guardian angel to another pilot, and then that pilot meets and falls in love with the dead pilot's girlfriend, and the angel must realize that it is right to do the noble thing and help his girlfriend forget him and find love with the living pilot!) starring Spencer Tracy, Irene Dunne, Van Johnson, Ward Bond, James Gleason, Lionel Barrymore, Barry Nelson, and Esther Williams. Note that it is likely this movie was made with this odd "love triangle" (where one of the principals was dead!), no doubt to help women who had lost their husbands or boyfriends in World War II to not feel so guilty about finding a new love afterwards! 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 the art on this poster is not signed. It could be by Al Hirschfeld, because he worked for MGM at this time, but we don't think it looks like it surely is. If anyone knows more about this, please e-mail us and we will post it here. Note that this poster has been paperbacked. What is paperbacking? This means the poster was backed onto a paper backing (acid-free), that is similar in feel to that of the original poster (except somewhat heavier). It is a similar process to linenbacking, except that most collectors use linenbacking for one-sheets and paperbacking for half-sheets, inserts, window cards, and lobby cards. Note that because this poster was paperbacked onto a thin paper backing, it can be sent rolled (however, it will be rolled with the image outward, because paperbacked posters should always be rolled that way, while linen posters are always rolled with the image inward), and it will likely need to be sent in a 6" tube, because rolling it more tightly might damage the poster. What IS paperbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: good to very good. Prior to paperbacking, the poster had tiny creases and bits of paper loss on small parts of the folds, with many pinholes around the edges, with small paper loss in the left of the top border, and a few small stains around the edges. Overall, the poster was in good condition prior to paperbacking. The poster was pretty well backed, but you can see signs of the above defects and the restoration of the above defects. Learn More about condition grades 
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