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Auction History Result 2j082 CHINA GIRL linen 1/2sh 1942 sexy Gene Tierney, George Montgomery, written by Ben Hecht, WWII, rare! Date Sold 12/11/2018 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked Half-Sheet Movie Poster (1/2sh; measures 22" x 28" [56 x 71 cm]) (Learn More) China Girl, the 1942 Henry Hathaway pre-World War II (WWII) military newsreel cameraman interracial romance romantic melodrama ("There's action every pounding moment!"; "The whole Jap army on his trail... a bewitching beauty in his heart!"; "Produced and Written by Ben Hecht"; although the movie was written after Pearl Harbor, it was set before the U.S. entered the war, and it is clear that writer/producer Ben Hecht was aiming to further inflame anti-Japanese sentiment in the U.S.; Montgomery is a newsreel photographer covering the war against Japan in China and Burma, and he falls for a half-Chinese girl played by strikingly beautiful Gene Tierney) starring Gene Tierney, George Montgomery, Lynn Bari, Victor McLaglen, Alan Baxter, Sig Ruman, Philip Ahn, and Robert Blake 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 once before auctioned this half-sheet! What IS linenbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: good. The poster had creases and scuffs on both folds. It had pinholes, tears, and smudges around the edges, with smudges, scuffs, and creases scattered throughout the image, including a crease in Tierney's nose at upper right. Overall, the poster was in good condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was pretty well backed, but you can clearly see signs of the above defects and the restoration of the above defects. Note that either the restorer who mounted the poster did not leave any excess linen around the edges of the poster, or possibly the owner of the poster chose to carefully trim off the excess, so that the poster would fit in a frame. Learn More about condition grades 
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