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Auction History Result 7f0258 WEDNESDAY'S CHILD 3sh 1934 art of Karen Morley & Frankie Thomas, Broadway hit, ultra rare! Date Sold 9/24/2024 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Folded Three-Sheet Movie Poster (3sh; measures 41" x 81" [104 x 206 cm]) (Learn More) Wednesday's Child, the 1934 John S. Robertson family relationship bitter divorce melodrama ("From the sensational Broadway stage success"; "From the play by Leopold L'Atlas"; a very unusual and downbeat movie dealing with the then taboo topic of divorce and its effect on children; a young son discovers his mother cheating on his father, and yet he testifies against the father at the custody hearing, and is turned over to his mother, and his father soon finds a new love as well, and the boy is very depressed and yet both parents neglect him and plan to send him to military school, until there is a tacked on happy ending) starring Edward Arnold, Karen Morley, Frankie Thomas (billed as "introducing the juvenile wonder of the screen"), Shirley Grey, and Frank Conroy. This is a forgotten movie that has apparently not dated well, but it is still quite notable for its early depiction of a divorce scenario that is nowadays all too common, but which at that time was rarely seen or talked about. 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 we have only previously auctioned one example of this three-sheet! Also note that this three-sheet was printed in 3 sections designed to overlap. Condition: good to very good. There is a foreign stamp in the left and right of the title. Other than the stamps, the poster is in nice condition, with minor fold and border wear. Learn More about condition grades 
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