eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 1k093 BIG KILLING WC '28 art of Wallace Beery in coonskin cap & Raymond Hatton in skunk hat! Date Sold 5/22/2012Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Paperbacked Window Card Movie Poster (WC; measures 14" x 22" [36 x 56 cm]) (Learn More) Big Killing, the 1928 F. Richard Jones silent hillbilly backwoods family feud screwball comedy ("The Greatest Sharpshooters since the Beginning of Time"; "Story by Grover Jones"; about two feuding hillbilly families and one hires what they think are two expert marksmen to kill off the other family, but it turns out they aren't at all what they seem!) starring Wallace Beery, Raymond Hatton, Mary Brian, Lane Chandler, and Anders Randolf. Note that in 1926, Wallace Beery and Raymond Hatton appeared in "Behind the Front", and the public loved the comic antics of this very large man with this very small man, and they went on to make a series of similar movies, including this one. They were so popular that there was also an imitation series of similar movies starring Karl Dane and George K. Arthur! Also, note that this is a "lost" film which means that no surviving copies are thought to exist. 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 to very good. Prior to paperbacking, the card had most of its blank top trimmed off and there were tears, pinholes, stains, and some tiny paper loss around the edges of the card, extending into the edges of the image. There are a few faint stains and smudges scattered in the image. Overall, the card was in good to very good condition prior to paperbacking. The poster was pretty well backed, but you can see signs of the above defects and the restoration of the above defects. Learn More about condition grades
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