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Auction History Result 5p281 PUTTIN' ON THE RITZ linen 3sh R37 Irving Berlin musical, Joan Bennett, cool New York City art! Date Sold 3/3/2015 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. A 1937 Re-Release Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked Three-Sheet Movie Poster (3sh; measures 41" x 81" [104 x 206 cm]) (Learn More) Puttin' On the Ritz, the 1930 Edward Sloman New York City romantic musical ("The Idol of Broadway in a tuneful song & dance extravaganza"; "Dynamic! Vimful! Glorious!"; "The spectacular talking singing dancing sensation"; "All talking singing dancing"; "Music and Lyrics by Irving Berlin"; about a vaudeville performer who becomes very successful and turns his back on his old friends; it is really just a framing device to showcase the many wonderful songs) starring Harry Richman ("The Idol of Broadway former star of 'George White's Scandals'"), Joan Bennett, James Gleason, Aileen Pringle, and Lilyan Tashman. Note that this movie introduced the classic title song by Irving Berlin, and it is one of the most recognizable songs ever, even in the present day! 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 1930 United Artists movie was part of a package of movies purchased by Artcinema in 1937 and released in that year and in 1938. The posters and lobby cards for this releases look the same as the original paper, EXCEPT that the original posters and lobby cards have "A United Artists Picture" on them, and the re-releases either have "Artcinema" on them or have nothing, which has caused many of the re-releases to be mistakenly sold as originals. This poster is from the 1937 re-release of this movie. What IS linenbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: good to very good. The poster had small paper loss at many crossfolds and some tiny tears and tiny bits of paper loss on parts of several foldlines. Overall, the poster was in good to very good condition prior to linenbacking. The restorer backed the poster "in the European style", meaning that they did not do restoration to the defects described above. Learn More about condition grades 
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