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Dumbo, the classic 1941 Ben Sharpsteen Walt Disney family animated animation circus elephant cartoon ("Walt Disney's Full-Length Feature in Technicolor"; "New all-Disney feature that's all-out fun!"; "Here comes glorious magic minutes 'away from it all!'"; "Casey Junior, the happy little circus train that talks!"; "See Dumbo, the ugly-duckling baby elephant whose ears were too big for his happiness. yeah. You'll love him!"; "See Timothy Q. Mouse, the tiny terror of the big top - Dumbo's only pal!"; "See Pink Elephants on Parade - and believe it or not!"; "See The Five Black Crows, the raucous quintet that gives the blues the bird!"; "See The Biggest Littlest Show on Earth... in winter quarters, in training and giving performances on tour!"; "See all the wonders, excitement, and action... the clowns, menagerie.... the parachute battalion of storks... all the marvels of the circus plus the charm that only Disney can create when he lets himself go!"; "3-Ring feature length production"; "It's the screen's greatest adventure in enchantment!"; "Here's Disney with the brakes off... the Big-Top with the lid off. A three-ring circus that rings with laughter and song! With Dumbo heading a host of lovable creatures including: tiny Timothy Q. Mouse; the raucous 5 Black Crows; Casey Junior, the talking engine; the dive-bombing Storks; dancing Pink Elephants. All-out fun for all!"; "It's Disney on the loose in a circus of surprises. With Dumbo, the baby elephant, flying on floppy ears... cuter and dumber than Dopey! And tiny Timothy Mouse! And Casey Junior, the talking locomotive! The comical Black Crows, dive-bombing Storks, dancing Pink Elephants! You'll love them all!") featuring the voices of Sterling Holloway, Verna Felton, Herman Bing, Edward Brophy, and Cliff Edwards. Note that Mel Blanc is credited in IMDb as the voice of Dumbo, which is interesting, since the elephant has no lines of dialogue!
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Important Added Info: From the 1920s on, studios would create elaborate trade ads, often in full color, and often using the finest artists of the day. They would run these ads in their studio yearbooks and exhibitor magazines, and they would also print those trade ads separately and mail them individually to theater owners, trying to get them to book that specific movie. Sometimes those books and magazines are separated and the ads, which now greatly resemble the individually printed trade ads, are sold individually. The trade ad offered here was removed from a campaign book or exhibitor magazine (it has ads printed on the back, but we can't read them because of the paper backing; see below). It can be framed and displayed (but many trade ads have different images on each side, so one must choose which side to display if it is framed!).

Note that this trade ad has been paperbacked. What is paperbacking? This means it was backed onto a light paper backing (acid-free), that is similar in feel to that of the original trade ad (it means that the trade ad must be handled carefully, as the backing does not give it much added strength, but it is similar to having an unrestored item, and yet it has been properly preserved). It is a similar process to linenbacking, except that most collectors use linenbacking for one-sheets and paperbacking for half-sheets, inserts, window cards.

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