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Auction History Result d443 THEY DRIVE BY NIGHT signed linen one-sheet movie poster R48 George Raft Date Sold 12/11/2007Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. A 1948 Re-release Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked Autographed One-Sheet Movie Poster (measures 27" x 41") (Learn More) They Drive By Night (released in England as "The Road to Frisco"), the 1940 Raoul Walsh trucker romantic love triangle action melodrama ("No picture in 1940 will have bigger thrills!"; "From a Novel by A.I. Bezzerides"; about truckers and their love lives; it stole part of its plot from "Bordertown"!) starring George Raft, Ann Sheridan, Ida Lupino, Humphrey Bogart, Alan Hale Sr., Gale Page, Roscoe Karns, John Litel, Charles Halton, Charles C. Wilson, George Tobias, and Henry O'Neill. Note that movies rarely have top stars in all four lead roles (other than MGM movies of the 1930s and early 1940s, because they had so many such stars that they could afford to do this), but this movie is kind of a rare exception. We say "kind of" because Humphrey Bogart and Ida Lupino were not yet top stars when they made this movie, but the very next movie they made was "High Sierra", which did help elevate both of them to greater stardom! 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 one-sheet has been personally autographed (signed) by star actor George Raft (it reads "To Steve, Thanks for your poster. Best, George Raft"). What IS linenbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: good to very good. The poster had tiny paper loss at the crossfolds and some creases, fine surface paper loss, and a couple of tiny holes on parts of some foldlines. There were pinholes, creases, smudges, and a few tiny tears around the edges of the poster. Overall, the poster was in good to very good condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was pretty well backed, but you can see some signs of the restoration along the foldlines and in the blank borders (I would think any talented restorer could perform additional touch up to this poster without re-backing it). Learn More about condition grades 
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