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Auction History Result 3m047 HOTEL IMPERIAL insert '39 c/u of Ray Milland French w/beautiful Isa Miranda! Date Sold 9/6/2012 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Folded Insert Movie Poster (measures 14" x 36" [36 x 91 cm]) (Learn More) Hotel Imperial, the 1939 Robert Florey World War I (WWI) romantic revenge melodrama ("Two trapped by love... amid the danger and chaos of a hate-torn world!"; about a woman who believes her sister committed suicide because of the man she was involved with, and she decides to get revenge in an incredibly elaborate scheme, beginning with getting a job as a maid in the hotel where he lives) starring Isa Miranda (a major Italian actress, who made her Hollywood debut in this movie, but she spoke no English, and delivered her lines phonetically, which did not help at all, and she returned to Italy after one more U.S. movie), Ray Milland, Reginald Owen, Gene Lockhart, J. Carrol Naish, Curt Bois, and Don Cossack Chorus. Note that this movie had a very troubled background. It was first started in the early 1930s when it was to be a sound remake of the silent movie of the same title (which was made in 1927 with Pola Negri), starring Marlene Dietrich, but she did not like the script, and she quit after much filming, causing the studio to lose much money. A few years later, Paramount tried to make it again with Margaret Sullavan in the lead role, but she broke her arm and that ended that. At this point, Dietrich returned, this time with von Sternberg, but the studio had had enough of her, and they hired Italian star Isa Miranda, but they may not have known she did not speak English, and that certainly did not help! A few years later, the movie was remade as "Five Graves to Cairo". 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 poster was folded at one time but has been laying flat for a long time and will be sent rolled in a tube. Condition: good to very good. There is light rippling and some light water staining along the left third of the poster (more so in the upper left edge extending into the title area). There are some scuff marks and smudges scattered throughout the poster and there are two 1/2" tears in the middle of the top edge. Fortunately, the poster is otherwise in pretty nice condition and the stains and rippling mentioned above can surely be removed through chemical means during the restoration process after which the poster will look fantastic! Learn More about condition grades 
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