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Auction History Result e027 SERGEANT YORK linen three-sheet movie poster '41 Gary Cooper, Howard Hawks Date Sold 10/19/2004Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked Three-Sheet Movie Poster (measures 41" x 81") (Learn More) Sergeant York, the classic 1941 Howard Hawks (nominated for the Best Director Academy Award for this film) World War I (WWI) conscientious objector biography ("Based upon the diary of Sergeant York"; "Original Screen Play by Abem Finkel & Harry Chandlee and Howard Koch & John Huston"; the true-life story of the most decorated soldier in World War I who was originally a conscientious objector; the movie was not made for 23 years after the fact because the real-life Sergeant York did not want to be glorified for killing, but he allowed the movie to be made as the U.S. entered World War II; nominated for the Best Picture Academy Award) starring Gary Cooper (winner of the Best Actor Academy Award for this film; in the title role as Sgt. Alvin C. York), Walter Brennan (nominated for the Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for this film), Joan Leslie, George Tobias, Stanley Ridges, Margaret Wycherly (nominated for the Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for this film), and Joseph W. Girard NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Condition: good. This poster was linenbacked, but it was either NOT linenbacked by a very talented restorer, OR it was linenbacked many years ago, and has received rough handling over the years, OR it had fairly major defects that were not restorated at all. If it was restored, you can clearly see signs of the restoration even from a distance. This is a poster that would greatly benefit from additional professional restoration. 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!). The poster had tears, creases, and small paper loss along most every foldline and around the outer edges of the poster. There were some defects in non-foldline areas of the image and some smudges throughout the poster. The person who restored the poster did a pretty good job of addressing the above defects, but you can see signs of the restoration from close up, and the restoration is somewhat noticeable from any distance. I have never seen or heard of another example of this poster, so one could wish it was in better condition, but it is unlikely that there is a better condition example to be found! Learn More about condition grades 
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