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Auction History Result 6y0022 ANGELS WITH DIRTY FACES linen 1sh 1938 James Cagney, Pat O'Brien & Dead End Kids, ultra rare! Date Sold 12/22/2020 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 27" x 41" [69 x 104 cm]) (Learn More) Angels with Dirty Faces, the classic 1938 Michael Curtiz (nominated for the Best Director Academy Award for this film) romantic crime murder thriller melodrama (in this movie, quintessential tough guy Cagney is a hero to the Dead End Kids, and at the end his childhood pal, now a priest, asks him to be a coward as he is led to the electric chair to help keep those kids from following in his footsteps; "A story... mighty with the clash of men! A picture... unforgettable in its greatness!"; "Sensational in it's dramatic impact!"; "From a Story by Rowland Brown") starring James Cagney (nominated for the Best Actor Academy Award for this film; as Rocky Sullivan), Pat O'Brien (as Father Jerry Connolly), The Dead End Kids (Leo Gorcey [as Bim], Billy Halop [as Soapy], Huntz Hall [as Crab], Bobby Jordan, Gabriel Dell, Bernard Punsly), Humphrey Bogart (as James Frazier), Ann Sheridan (as Laury Ferguson), George Bancroft, and Frankie Burke (as the young Rocky; he was an unknown 17 year-old newsboy when he was discovered to play the young James Cagney, because he had an uncanny resemblance to young James Cagney!) 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 1938 first release posters from this much loved gangster movie are incredibly rare. We previously auctioned a one-sheet (for $5,750), a three-sheet (25 years ago, for $12,650), a six-sheet (25 years ago, for $13,800), a jumbo window card (23 years ago, for $2,875), and a window card (19 years ago, for $1,628), but NO other first release movie posters in the last 19 years, until we were consigned this second one-sheet! What IS linenbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: very good. The poster had small paper loss at the crossfolds and some small tears and tiny paper loss in the vertical fold with a lesser amount on the horizontal folds. It had some stains in the lower part of Cagney's hand, with a tear and tiny paper loss just below the middle of his hand, extending through the tiny credits and into the top of the "B" of "Bros". There were some pinholes, small tape stains, and tiny paper loss around the edges. Overall, the poster was in good to very good condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was nicely backed, and displays well! Learn More about condition grades 
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