eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 2y165 SERGEANT YORK Belgian '46 WWI, completely different artwork soldier Gary Cooper & U.S. flag! Date Sold 12/6/2016Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original 1946 (from the first release of this movie in Belgian) Vintage Theatrical Folded Belgian Movie Poster (measures 11 3/4" x 14 1/4" [30 x 36 cm]) (Learn More) Sergeant York, the classic 1941 Howard Hawks (nominated for the Best Director Academy Award for this film) World War I (WWI) conscientious objector biography ("Based upon the diary of Sergeant York"; "Original Screen Play by Abem Finkel & Harry Chandlee and Howard Koch & John Huston"; the true-life story of the most decorated soldier in World War I who was originally a conscientious objector; the movie was not made for 23 years after the fact because the real-life Sergeant York did not want to be glorified for killing, but he allowed the movie to be made as the U.S. entered World War II; nominated for the Best Picture Academy Award) starring Gary Cooper (winner of the Best Actor Academy Award for this film; in the title role as Sgt. Alvin C. York), Walter Brennan (nominated for the Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for this film), Joan Leslie, George Tobias, Stanley Ridges, Margaret Wycherly (nominated for the Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for this film), and Joseph W. Girard 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: This poster is printed on the back of part of another poster! Why is this? During World War II, there were massive paper shortages in Belgium. Where Belgian movie posters had previously been approximately 23" x 32", there was such a shortage of paper that not only did they often have to print them on the back of other posters or maps, but during World War II, the size of the posters shrank dramatically, with some of them as small as 11" x 15". This situation continued even after World War II, until around 1946 or 1947, when they began making Belgian movie posters in a size of roughly 14" x 22", which became the standard size, and continued for decades! The posters like these that are from during World War II or immediately after, and which are printed in a small size (often on the back of other posters or maps) are INCREDIBLY rare (surely they did not print many, and surely many of them were soon recycled themselves! Note also that this poster has been trimmed and it now measures 11 3/4" x 14 1/4" [30 x 36 cm]. Finally note that this poster was folded at one time but has been laying flat for a long time and will be sent rolled in a tube. Condition: good to very good. to was trimmed around the edges and there are some pinholes around the edges. Some of them are torn or enlarged due to rough removal. There is a partial tax stamp at lower center. Learn More about condition grades
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