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Auction History Result 7p1440 PLAINSMAN candid 8x10 key book still 1936 Gary Cooper painted watercolor of Wild Bill Hickok! Date Sold 11/19/2024 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie 8" x 10" [20 x 25 cm] Key Book Still (Learn More) Cecil B. DeMille's The Plainsman (released in Spain as "Buffalo Bill"), the classic 1936 Cecil B. DeMille poker gambling romantic cowboy western epic ("The raging story of the Frontier... and the daring men and women who smashed it down! Romance! Spectacle!! Drama!!!"; "The valiant story of a nation's heroes... Wild Bill Hickok, Calamity Jane, Buffalo Bill Cody, General Custer who lived recklessly... dangerously... to mold an empire out of prairies... to build cities on a range!"; a combination of all the legends about Buffalo Bill Cody, Calamity Jane, and Wild Bill Hickok, including Hickok's death while gambling at poker and holding the "dead man's hand", aces and eights) starring Gary Cooper (as "Wild Bill Hickok"), Jean Arthur (as "Calamity Jane"), James Ellison (as "Buffalo Bill Cody"), Charles Bickford, Helen Burgess, and Porter Hall (as Jack McCall, the man who shot Hickok in the back). Note that Native American Indian Chief Thunder Bird was hired by Cecil B. DeMille to be the technical advisor on the movie so that the Native Americans would be authentic! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: How cool is this key book still! The star of The Plainsman, Gary Cooper, who played Wild Bill Hickok in the movie, had been a commercial artist prior to becoming an actor, and in his spare time, he painted this great portrait of the actual Wild Bill Hickok, and his signature is visible in the lower right of the painting! Note that this still is a key book still, printed on a deluxe heavyweight paper stock. Many studios spent extra money to have their most special photos, the key book stills, either backed with linen or printed on a heavy paper, both of which enhanced their durability. They had an extra 1" at the left or top, with punch holes, because of how they were stored. Key book stills are far more rare than regular stills, which has increased their popularity among collectors, since only a few keybooks were manufactured per film, and a key book still is guaranteed to be authentic. Someone trimmed away the extra 1" from the left of the still. Condition: good to very good. The left 1" was neatly trimmed off (see above). There is faint brown water staining in the left of the top blank border and a diagonal crease in the bottom right blank corner. Otherwise, the still is in nice condition! Learn More about condition grades 
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