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Auction History Result 2h019 SHANGHAI DRAMA Italian 1sh '41 G.W. Pabst, incredible Ballester art of sexy woman & dragon! Date Sold 9/8/2013 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original 1941 (from the first release of this movie in Italy) Vintage Theatrical Paperbacked Italian One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 27 3/4" x 39 1/2" [70 x 100 cm]) (Learn More) Le drame de Shanghai (released in the U.S. as "The Shanghai Drama"), the 1938 G.W. Pabst (Georg Wilhelm Pabst) French China romantic spy espionage melodrama (a really complicated story involving blackmail) starring Christl Mardayn, Louis Jouvet, Raymond Rouleau, Elina Labourdette, and Dorville NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Artist: Anselmo Ballester Important Added Info: Note that this incredible poster is dated 1941, so it was released in Italy during World War II. That would likely explain why we have never seen this poster before, because Italian posters from World War II and earlier incredibly rare! Also note that this poster measures 27 3/4" x 39 1/2" [70 x 100 cm] and that this poster has been paperbacked. Note that this poster (because it has been paperbacked) can only be shipped in either a very large flat package (which would be the safest way) or in a very wide tube (so it does not have to be rolled at all tightly). Please bear in mind the additional expense of sending this item in a large flat package or wide tube before placing a bid on this poster.
UPDATED 09/06/2013: It has been suggested that this Italian 1sh for "The Shanghai Drama" could be a re-release. This is based on IMDB's list of distributors which claims Minerva Film re-released the movie on an unknown date, and that Lux should be the Italian studio of first release, and also that there may have been a 1938 Italian release by Gladiator Film (see this information at IMDB). Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: good to very good. Prior to paperbacking, the poster had been folded like a U.S. one-sheet and it had many creases and scuffs on the folds, with some fine surface paper loss. There was a 6" tear in the middle of the right border. The top border was folded back and stapled at one time. Other than the above, the poster was in pretty nice condition prior to paperbacking. The restorer backed the poster "in the European style", meaning that they did not do restoration to the defects described above (a talented restorer could touch them up without re-backing the poster). I can well understand someone leaving this historic and beautiful poster as it is, and I can also understand someone choosing to have restoration performed to the foldlines, because afterward, it will display magnificently! Learn More about condition grades 
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