eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 1g497 LOUISIANA PURCHASE style A 1sh '41 art of wacky Bob Hope & pretty Vera Zorina! Date Sold 7/23/2013Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Folded Style A One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 27" x 41" [69 x 104 cm]) (Learn More) Louisiana Purchase, the 1941 Irving Cummings political corruption musical comedy ("The greatest musical comedy ever filmed in Technicolor!"; "The greatest musical comedy ever filmed with 100 Louisiana lovelies!"; "Based on the Musical Comedy by Morrie Ryskind From a small story by B.G. De Sylva"; "Music and Lyrics by Irving Berlin"; "From a story by B.G. De Sylva"; about a naive man who is picked by corrupt Louisiana politicians to take the fall for crimes they've committed) starring Bob Hope, Vera Zorina, Victor Moore, Irene Bordoni, Dona Drake, Raymond Walburn, and "Those Louisiana Lovelies - The Cream of the Crop!" (referred to as "The 13 Louisiana Belles" in other publicity). Note that Paramount was afraid of lawsuits from real life Louisiana politicians, so they made significant changes from the Broadway play the movie was based on, and they even had many references in the movie to the fact that the "Louisiana" referred to was a mythical place, and not the actual Louisiana! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Condition: good to very good. There is some tattering at the crossfolds and around the edges of the poster with some repaired with tape from the back. There is a piece of brown paper tape on the back of the poster in the credits area at left, but it does not appear to be there for any restoration purpose. Learn More about condition grades
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