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Auction History Result 8b0065 FIT FOR A KING linen 1sh 1937 art of smiling big mouth Joe E. Brown wearing crown, very rare! Date Sold 3/30/2021 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 26 3/4" x 40" [68 x 102 cm]) (Learn More) Fit for a King, the 1937 Edward Sedgwick newspaper reporter journalism romantic screwball comedy ("A drama of royalty that would make a horse laugh!"; "Swing wide the gates of the padded cell! Make way for His Majesty, Joe E. the Great!"; "A drama of royalty that would make a horse laugh"; "Bring your horse to see old King Joe in the drammer of a palace rave-olution!"; "Swords clash! Women scream! Horses die laughing!"; about a newspaper reporter who interviews an elderly royal and falls in love with his daughter, and after saving the royal's life, he wins the girl!) starring Joe E. Brown, Helen Mack, Paul Kelly, Harry Davenport, and Halliwell Hobbes 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 first release one-sheet! Also note that this poster has been trimmed and it now measures 26 3/4" x 40" [68 x 102 cm]. What IS linenbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: very good. The poster had tiny paper loss at the crossfolds and pretty minor fold and border wear. Overall, the poster was in very good condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was nicely backed, and displays well! 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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