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Auction History Result 6z0117 JOE LOUIS STORY linen style B 1/2sh 1953 art of the heavyweight champion boxer, ultra rare! Date Sold 12/24/2020 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked Style B Half-Sheet Movie Poster (1/2sh; measures 22" x 28" [56 x 71 cm]) (Learn More) The Joe Louis Story, the 1953 Robert Gordon black African American boxing sports biographical melodrama ("America's Greatness Was In His Fists... The Screen's Big Story Is In His Heart!"; "The triumphs, the let-downs, the love he searched for! It's all here in the real-life adventure of the fighter... the man ... the legend they called the 'Brown Bomber'!"; "Powerful...as his battering fists! Thrilling... As his fighting heart! Great... As his never-to-be-forgotten story!"; "Told With A Boldness That Will Rock You!"; "From behind the smashing victories comes this story of a guy who fought his way to the top - to find a place deep in the heart of a girl - and all America!"; "The picture that bares his life... His love... And the wicked whispers that flamed with his legend!"; "See Joe punch his way to the top!"; "It's all here - the victories he won - the woman he lost - the wild, lurid stories they built around him!"; "Nothing ever hit the screen like... The Joe Louis Story"; "See Primo Carnera, Max Baer, Max Schmeling, Jim Braddock, Rocky Marciano"; "The sensational story of America's Champ of Champs!"; "The stormy picture that bares his thrilling life"; "What they said about him... was it true? He was owned by an underworld syndicate! He had a 'secret' manager! He squandered and gambled away large sums of money! He has become a playboy with dozens of girl friends! He has been duped by his 'friends'!"; "produced by Stirling Silliphant") starring Paul Stewart ("The newspaperman. His typewriter followed Joe's career!"), Hilda Simms ("The wife he loved and lost"), James Edwards ("'Chappie' His trainer and closest friend"), John Marley, Dotts Johnson, and Coley Wallace (in the title role; billed as "introducing Coley Wallace as Joe Louis") 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 never before auctioned this half-sheet, and we have also never before auctioned an insert! What IS linenbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: good to very good. The poster was never folded. It had creases, smudges, tape stains, and tears around the edges, with creases, smudges, and scuffs scattered throughout the image. Overall, the poster was in good condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was pretty well backed, but you can 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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