eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 8m118 TORCH SONG paper banner '53 unusual art of tough baby Joan Crawford, Michael Wilding Date Sold 7/5/2015Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Paper Banner (measures 24" x 80" [61 x 203 cm]) (Learn More) Torch Song, the 1953 Charles Walters bad girl romantic musical melodrama ("Tough Baby - a wonderful love story with the star of 'Sudden Fear' and for the first time you'll see her in Technicolor!"; "Based on a story by I.A.R. Wylie") starring Joan Crawford, Michael Wilding, Gig Young, Marjorie Rambeau (nominated for the Best Actress Academy Award for this film), Harry Morgan, Peter Chong, and Paul Guilfoyle. Note that many of the posters and the title card for this movie feature very unusual surreal art of Joan Crawford. If anyone knows who dew it, please e-mail us and we will post it here. 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 in the 1910s through 1930s, studios would make large cloth banners that movie theaters could hang up above their lobbies (or above their entrances). In the early 1940s, they changed to making paper banners (perhaps there was a cloth shortage during World War II). At first, they were made of one-sheet-like paper, and they didn't survive very well, and they apparently were not very popular, because very few survive. At some point around 1946, they changed to making them out of a heavy paper stock, similar to that used for 40x60s, but measuring 24" x 80". Many people think these became very popular at drive-in theaters, which were then expanding at a major pace throughout the country. The paper banners were very popular until the late 1960s, and then far fewer were made (perhaps corresponding to the decline in popularity of drive-in theaters). We have been consigned a wonderful collection of 133 of these paper banners, and we are auctioning them all, in 133 separate auctions. This is a great opportunity to acquire one or many of these rare posters! Condition: fair to good. There are many scuffs and stains scattered throughout the poster. There is a 5" tear in the center of the right border that was repaired with tape from the back (and a small amount was folded over to the front). There is a similar repaired tear in the left border and some small tears in the left and right borders (see our image). Learn More about condition grades
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