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Auction History Result

3m0184 GREAT IMPERSONATION Italian 2p 1937 Ballester art of Edmund Lowe & Valerie Hobson, ultra rare!

Date Sold 2/23/2020
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An Original 1937 (from the first release of this movie in Italy) Vintage Theatrical Folded Italian Two-Panel (known in Italy as a "4 Fogli") Movie Poster (2p; measures 55" x 78" [140 x 198 cm]) (Learn More)

The Great Impersonation, the 1935 Alan Crosland mistaken identity spy crime adventure romantic melodrama ("The Supreme Spy Adventure!"; from the book by E. Phillips Oppenheim; about a man who meets another man while a student at Oxford who is his exact double, and years later, he gets the chance to take the man's place, but rather than having a great life, he discovers that the man's life was very complicated, both publicly and romantically!) starring Edmund Lowe (in a dual role), Valerie Hobson, Wera Engels, Henry Mollison, Spring Byington, Lumsden hare, Murray Kinnell, and Brandon Hurst
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Artist: Anselmo Ballester
Important Added Info: Note that ANY movie paper from this movie is incredibly rare. We have only previously auctioned a one-sheet (23 years ago) and a pressbook. Also note that this is an extremely rare pre-World War II Italian poster! Virtually no Italian posters survive from before, during, or right after World War II (mostly only pre-war heavy stock lobby cards, and even those are rare). Apparently there were many paper shortages in Italy during World War II, resulting in the destruction of almost all pre-World War II posters! Also note that this Italian two-panel was printed in 2 sections designed to overlap.

Condition: good to very good. There is some darkening and small stains on the back of parts of both sections that were on the outside when the two sections were folded. Some of it shows through to the front in the borders and light colored areas. There are a few clear tape repairs on the back of crossfolds.
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