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Auction History Result f048 AFRICA SCREAMS linen three-sheet movie poster '49 Bud Abbott & Lou Costello! Date Sold 2/7/2006Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked Three-Sheet Movie Poster (measures 41" x 81") (Learn More) Africa Screams, the 1949 Charles Barton Africa jungle safari adventure comedy ("Look what's cookin' in Africa!!!!"; "Bud Abbott and Lou Costello ...in hot water in 'Africa Screams'"; "See... Clyde Beatty Your hair will stand on end when world famous Clyde Beatty tangles with man-eating lions!"; "See... Frank Buck gives you the thrill of your life as he risks his to bring 'em back alive."; "See... Max Baer & Buddy Baer World famous heavyweights, Baer Brothers, teach Costello the 'Baer' facts of life!"; "A 3-ring circus of African thrills and laughs!!!"; "Those Joy Boys are in hot water again in darkest laff-rica!") starring Bud Abbott, Lou Costello (Abbott and Costello), Clyde Beatty ("World Famous Lion Tamer"), Frank Buck ("World Famous Animal Hunter"), Max Baer & Buddy Baer ("World Famous Heavyweight Sensations!"), Hillary Brooke, Joe Besser, and Shemp Howard NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Condition: very good. This poster was linenbacked, and one of the following is true: either the poster had minor defects, and was well backed, OR it had more significant defects, but they were extremely well restored, OR it had some very minor defects that were not completely restored, and are somewhat noticeable. You can tell which of the above is the case for this particular poster by reading our "pre-restoration" description and also by looking at our "super-sized" image of the actual poster (we are the only major auction company we know of that gives accurate detailed pre-restoration information about linenbacked posters to our bidders, but we wish everyone did!). Note that we gave this condition grade to a very few posters that were in pretty good condition prior to linenbacking, but which were not all that well linenbacked, and which could be fairly easily re-backed with only minor additional restoration. The poster had creases, tears, and small areas of paper loss on some foldlines and paper loss at some crossfolds. There was a long tear with some paper loss running horizontally approximately 1" above the regular top foldline. There were some creases, smudges, pinholes, tears, and small areas of paper loss around the edges of the poster. There were smudges in the white background areas at the bottom of the poster. Overall, the poster was in very good condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was pretty well backed, but the restorer left alone the smudges in the white background areas (a wise decision, in my opinion, as they are not very distracting at all, and it avoids that "dipped in paint" look to that part of the poster). Learn More about condition grades 
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