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Auction History Result 4y027 FIRST COMES COURAGE Italian 3sh '47 Merle Oberon, Brian Aherne, different Tarquini art! Date Sold 2/3/2015 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original 1947 (from the first release of this movie in Italy) Vintage Theatrical Folded Italian Three-Sheet Movie Poster (measures 39" x 81 1/2" [99 x 207 cm]) (Learn More) First Comes Courage, the 1943 Dorothy Arzner World War II (WWII) military romantic spy espionage thriller ("Stirring drama of gallantry under fire!"; "Stunning in its Suspense... Breath-taking in its power!"; "The flaming, haunting romance of a man and a woman in a war-wracked world!"; "Based on the novel 'The Commandos' by Elliot Arnold") starring Merle Oberon, Brian Aherne, Carl Esmond, Isobel Elson, and Erick Rolf. Note that Dorothy Arzner was a director from the 1920s to the 1940s, and she was the only woman director during the "Golden Age" of Hollywood ('20s to '40s) and she was the first woman to join the Directors Guild of America. Arzner was a lesbian at a time when almost no females openly were, and she was surprisingly open about it, often dressing in "men's clothes" and wearing her hair short. She made many "women's movies" and movies with a "feminist" theme. After making "First Comes Courage" in 1943, she made training films for the U.S. Army WACs, and she never returned to making Hollywood movies, becoming a film teacher of directing and screenwriting, teaching at UCLA until she passed away in 1979. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Artist: Tarquini Important Added Info: Note that this Italian three-panel was printed in 3 sections designed to overlap. It is an unusual Italian size. Right after World War II, Italian posters were made in odd sizes, and it was not for several years until they "standardized" their posters into the now traditional one-panel and two-panel sizes. We used to think that they only made these "Italian three-sheets" right at the end of World War II, but in 2015, we were consigned a 1954 Italian three-sheet, and also a 1953 Italian three-sheet, so we know that they continued with this size until that time (but they are surely extremely rare). This poster is an Italian three-sheet that measures 39" x 81 1/2" (and it was printed in two sections). Condition: good. The poster is very fragile and has separation, tears, and some tiny paper loss on parts of many foldlines. The poster is in urgent need of expert professional restoration. But the poster is mostly "all there", and after linenbacking by a talented professional, the poster will look fantastic, and it will likely require little paint restoration within the image. Please do not bid on this poster unless you can accept its defects described above or are willing to pay to have them properly restored! Learn More about condition grades 
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