eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result y317 BROTHER MARTIN linen one-sheet movie poster '42 black cast, Williams Date Sold 9/14/2004Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked One-Sheet Movie Poster (measures 27" x 41") (Learn More) Brother Martin: Servant of Jesus, the 1942 Spencer Williams black African American religious melodrama ("Full length feature"; "The story of a negro who loved God"; "Hear the celebrated 'Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen'"; "See and understand the mysteries of Brother Martin's Holy Religion"; "The story of a colored man accepted by God"; the movie has a framing story at the beginning and end about an uncle telling the story of Martin de Porres to his niece; de Porres was a late sixteenth-century Peruvian who was elevated to sainthood in 1962 by Pope John XXIII, he is the the patron saint of mixed-race people, barbers, innkeepers, public health workers, and all those seeking racial harmony) starring Spencer Williams "and a great supporting cast". Note that director/star Spencer Williams made several movies with all-black casts, including this one, in the 1940s, and all had religious themes, and they were shown to all-black audiences. Note that this is a "lost" film which means that no surviving copies are thought to exist. Not only that, but very little is known about the movie itself beyond what is stated on the one-sheet, because no other posters seem to have survived either. If anyone knows more about this, please e-mail us and we will post it here. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Condition: very good. This poster was linenbacked, and one of the following is true: either the restorer did a good job, but you can see signs of the restoration from inches away (since most people look at posters framed on a wall from at least a few feet away, we don't feel this is a defect, but we feel it should be noted). OR you can't see the restoration because it was so well done, but the poster had fairly significant defects. OR no restoration was performed, but the defects are not major, and restoration could be done to the poster without re-backing it. See below for its pre-restoration defects (we are the only major auction company we know of that gives accurate detailed pre-restoration information to our bidders, but we wish everyone did!). Poster had creases and some tears on some foldlines, and tiny paper loss at the crossfolds. It had a few very minor smudges and creases, as well as some minor border defects, including pinholes in the corners. The poster is well linenbacked, and the restored defects are not very noticeable. Learn More about condition grades
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