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Auction History Result 1a010 MR. BROADWAY linen 1/2sh '33 a tour of New York's famous hot spots with Ed Sullivan! Date Sold 4/29/2012 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) Mr. Broadway, the 1933 Johnnie Walker New York City nightclub all-star musical comedy ("A tour of New York's famous hot spots with Ed Sullivan"; "N.T.G.'s famous paradise night club with Abe Lyman and Band"; "Famous Hollywood Night Club with Isham Jones and Band"; "Famous Central Park Casino with Ed Duchin and Band"; this was a sort of semi-documentary with Ed Sullivan, who at that time was a newspaper columnist, taking the viewer on a tour of major New York "night spots"; the highlight of the movie is the cameos of stars who appear as themselves, especially boxer Jack Dempsey, and Ruth Etting, the inspiration for the movie "Love Me or Leave Me") starring the following stars as themselves: Ed Sullivan, Frisco, N.T.G. (Nils Thor Granlund, who was a Swedish vaudeville performer, who made five movies in the 1930s and 1940s, appearing as himself, as a vaudeville performer), Jack Dempsey, Bert Lahr, Ruth Etting, Primo Carnera, Jack Benny, Hal LeRoy, Lita Grey Chaplin, Ted Husing, Lupe Velez, Jack Haley, Josephine Dunn, Johnnie Walker, Dita Parlo, and Max 'Slapsie Maxie' Rosenbloom NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: good. The poster was separated into three pieces (down the left 7" and also down the right 10"). There was paper loss in three blank corners and some tears in the borders. Overall, the poster was in good condition prior to linenbacking. The restorer backed the poster "in the European style", meaning that they did not do restoration to the defects described above. Note that the restorer who mounted the poster did not leave any excess linen around the edges of the poster. Learn More about condition grades 
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