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Auction History Result 1e011 DETECTIVES Swedish '28 wacky art of cops Karl Dane & George Arthur pointing guns by Bergow! Date Sold 7/1/2008 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Unfolded Swedish Movie Poster (measures 28" x 39 1/2") (Learn More) Detectives, the 1928 Chester M. Franklin silent romantic love triangle crime mystery comedy (one of a series of comedies featuring Dane and Arthur; in this one, Dane is a hotel detective and Arthur is a bellhop, and they are both competing for the heart of a beautiful typist at the hotel where they both work; there is a jewel robbery at the hotel and bumbling Dane is unable to solve the crime, but Arthur is able to, and he wins the girl as well!) starring Karl Dane, George K. Arthur, Marceline Day, Tenen Holtz, and Felicia Drenova. Note that Karl Dane and George K. Arthur appeared in two of the same movies in the mid-1920s, and then in 1927, MGM paired the huge Dane with the diminutive Arthur as a comedy team in 1927's "Rookies", and they were a huge hit, and over the next four years, they appeared in a total of 17 comedies as a Laurel & Hardy-like slapstick comedy team. But Dane had a very thick accent, and he could not make the transition to sound movies, and he had a few bit parts given to him by friends, but by 1934, he was washed up, and he bought a hot dog cart which he displayed outside of the MGM gates! Apparently, he reasonably found this extremely depressing, and he soon committed suicide. The following year, Arthur retired from movies and became a Broadway producer among other careers, and he lived until 1985, passing away at the age of 86! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Artist: Bergow Condition: very good. There are creases and tears in the left and right blank borders and paper loss in the lower right blank border, but other than the above, the poster is in nice condition! Learn More about condition grades 
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