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Auction History Result 8g690 HIS PRIVATE SECRETARY 1/2sh 1933 cool montage with 3 images of dapper young John Wayne! Date Sold 8/2/2018 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Unfolded Half-Sheet Movie Poster (1/2sh; measures 22" x 28" [56 x 71 cm]) (Learn More) His Private Secretary, the 1933 Phil Whitman romantic comedy ("An original story by Lew Collins") starring Evalyn Knapp, John Wayne, Alec B. Francis, Natalie Kingston, Reginald Barlow, and Arthur Hoyt. Note that John Wayne had had only bit parts in movies in the late 1920s, but then got his big break with "The Big Trail" in 1930, with a starring role. But that was not the success it was hoped to be, and he had only small roles for the next two years. Then he signed with First National to star in a series of B-westerns. He appeared in a few non-westerns, in small roles, and tiny Showmen's Pictures gave him the lead role in this romantic comedy! Apparently, Wayne realized that he was not to make his mark as a non-western actor, for soon after, he signed a contract with Monogram Pictures, making many westerns for them (and later Republic Pictures) before getting his next giant break when Gary Cooper turned down the lead role in "Stagecoach", which Wayne played to perfection, and which finally gave him major stardom after so many years in B-pictures! 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 has never been folded! Some pre-1970 half-sheet posters were folded twice horizontally at the poster exchange, while some were not. It can be difficult to find an unfolded example of many pre-1970 half-sheet posters (note that most post-1970 half-sheets were NOT folded, so they are pretty much only found unfolded, and therefore this does not apply to those half-sheets). Condition: good to very good. The poster has some tears of varying lengths along portions of the blank borders and someone backed the borders with masking tape from the back that slightly bleeds through to the front. It has a scuff mark at upper center in Wayne's image, but otherwise it is in pretty nice condition. Learn More about condition grades 
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