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Auction History Result 9y069 FANTASIA linen 1sh R46 great Disney cartoon art of Mickey Mouse & dancing ostrich, rare! Date Sold 9/1/2015 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. A 1946 Re-Release Theatrical Linenbacked Style A One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 27" x 41" [69 x 104 cm]) (Learn More) Walt Disney's Fantasia, the classic 1940 James Algar & Samuel Armstrong Walt Disney animated animation cartoon musical fantasy ("Walt Disney's Technicolor Feature Triumph") featuring Mickey Mouse and other cartoon characters created specifically for this feature movie, set to the music of classical composers including Leopold Stokowski, and Beethoven. Note that Fantasia had a very limited roadshow release which took place in several theaters with special audio equipment installed for the "Fantasound" system. This release started in late 1940 and continued into 1941, and these theaters often used home-made displays for the film. Throughout 1941, RKO negotiated with Disney to make a much shorter version of the movie in mono which could be shown in theaters without the need for special equipment. Disney finally agreed, and let RKO create a heavily edited version (he refused to edit it himself) which was released in early January of 1942. Regular posters were printed with a 1941 NSS number (it's not uncommon for films that are released near the start of a year to have a NSS from the previous year), and that is when the film had its first general release. So almost ALL of the known "first release" posters are from the 1942 continuous first release (with 1941 NSS numbers). The only pre-1942 advertising that we have seen are window cards, 8x10 stills and heralds from the theaters with the special "Fantasound" equipment. 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: Note that this one-sheet is from the 1946 re-release of this classic movie. It has very similar art to that of one of the original 1940 one-sheets, except that the first release poster had a white background, and this poster has a much more appealing blue background (but oddly, Mickey's face and hands were darkened quite a bit, almost as though he has become "African American", which was perhaps a joke or mistake that made it through printing). Note that this poster is more rare than the 1940 originals, likely because far fewer theaters played this movie in 1946 than had played it in 1940. This is the first time we have auctioned this poster. What IS linenbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: good to very good. The poster had small paper loss at the crossfolds and some tears and small paper loss to the left of the middle crossfold, with minor wear on the folds. There were tears and paper loss in much of the bottom border, and it affected some of the small writing, including the "6" of "1946" at bottom left. Overall, the poster was in good condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was pretty well backed, but the person who restored the poster was not paying attention, and they thought that the last digit of "1946" (which was mostly missing) should have been a "3", so they made the date read "1943". Any restorer could easily correct this to "1946". Other than this odd restoration error, the poster displays pretty well, but you can see slight signs of the restoration. Learn More about condition grades 
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