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Auction History Result 7a0366 LITTLE WOMEN 1/2sh 1933 Louisa May Alcott, Katharine Hepburn, Joan Bennett, Frances Dee, rare! Date Sold 12/27/2020 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Paperbacked Half-Sheet Movie Poster (1/2sh; measures 22" x 28" [56 x 71 cm]) (Learn More) Louisa May Alcott's Little Women, the classic 1933 George Cukor (nominated for the Best Director Academy Award for this film) coming-of-age melodrama ("Dear to the heart of every woman of every age... America's favorite love story..."; "In a glowing drama of yesterday... fresh with the sweetness of eternal spring"; "Forgotten corners of the human heart thrill to the radiance of Jo and Beth and Meg and Amy.... in Little Women"; "A new sensation of sheer loveliness glorifies the screen!"; nominated for the Best Picture Academy Award; from the equally classic novel of the same name by Louisa May Alcott) starring Katharine Hepburn ("In today's best-loved romance"; as Jo), Joan Bennett (as Amy), Paul Lukas (as Professor Bhaer), Frances Dee (as Meg), Jean Parker (as Beth), Edna May Oliver (as Aunt March), Douglass Montgomery, Henry Stephenson, Spring Byington (as Marmee), and John Lodge (billed as "John Davis Lodge"). There had been many adaptations of this classic novel, but almost everybody considers this to be the definitive version, and Katharine Hepburn to the be definitive Jo March! 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 we have only previously auctioned two examples of this half-sheet, and only one in the last 9 years (it sold for $435)! Also note that this poster has been paperbacked. What is paperbacking? This means the poster was backed onto a paper backing (acid-free), that is similar in feel to that of the original poster (except somewhat heavier). It is a similar process to linenbacking, except that most collectors use linenbacking for one-sheets and paperbacking for half-sheets, inserts, window cards, and lobby cards. Note that because this poster was paperbacked onto a thicker paper backing, it CAN'T be sent rolled (someone could conceivably roll it or try to do so, but we think it would have a strong chance of lessening its condition, so we will only send it in a very large flat package that measures approximately 24" x 30", unless the buyer insists, and then they would be responsible for any damage). What IS paperbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: good. Prior to paperbacking, the poster was never folded. It had two long slightly diagonal creases running through the top, including most of Hepburn's credit, with small paper loss in the middle of the "H" of "HEPBURN". It had two similar slightly diagonal creases running through the middle of the image, including in the faces of the stars. It had some other partial creases and scuffs scattered throughout the poster, with some pinholes, tears, and paper loss around the edges and some stains and smudges scattered in the poster. Overall, the poster was in fair to good condition prior to paperbacking. The poster was pretty well backed, and the restoration has minimized how noticeable the above defects are from a reasonable viewing distance (although the blue background to the left of Hepburn's head has been almost entirely repainted, and it is noticeable), but from close up, all of the above defects are very noticeable. Also, after it was backed, it acquired a tiny bit of surface paper loss in the blue background near the center. Learn More about condition grades 
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