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Auction History Result 6t689 JUAREZ candid 8x10.25 still '39 incredible cast portrait on stage under artwork logo! Date Sold 3/23/2014 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical 8" x 10 1/4" [20 x 26 cm] Movie Still (Learn More) Juarez ("WAR-EZZ"), the 1939 William Dieterle (this is one of five biographical movies Dieterle directed for Warner Bros) historical Mexico romantic biographical melodrama ("The screen's greatest triumph"; "Based on the play by Franz Werfel and the novel 'The Phantom Crown' by Bertita Harding"; about Mexican President Benito Juarez, and his leading the Mexican Revolution from Spain) starring Paul Muni (in the title role as Benito Juarez), Bette Davis (as Empress Carlota von Hapsburg), Brian Aherne (nominated for the Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for this film; as Emperor Maximilian von Hapsburg), Claude Rains (as Emperor Louis Napoleon III), John Garfield (as Porfirio Diaz; in his fourth movie role!), Donald Crisp, Gale Sondergaard, Gilbert Roland, and Henry O'Neill. Note that this movie primarily focuses on the doomed romance of Maximilian and Carlotta, who were sent by Napoleon to rule Mexico, but because Paul Muni had a contract with Warner Bros that said that his character's name had to be in the title of the movie, the movie was called "Juarez" (and because Jack Warner was afraid that people would mispronounce this "strange" name, he had them add "WAR-EZZ" under the title to some posters!). Also note that Warner Bros cast then-red-hot young actor John Garfield in this movie, and they had him playing a Mexican general, even though he was only 26 and had a strong Brooklyn accent! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that this still has a great portrait of the cast of this movie standing in front of an enormous backdrop of the city of Juarez with the name in the sky behind it! Also note that this still measures 8" x 10 1/4" [20 x 26 cm]. Note that not only does our current auction of 999 stills represent the absolute finest selection we have ever had in terms of quality of image and film, but it also represents the finest CONDITION group of stills we have ever had! Half of the stills are graded as being in "very good to fine" condition (which is our highest grade for vintage stills), but we were very strict on this, because otherwise, perhaps two thirds or three quarters of the stills would have received this grade! We downgraded stills to "very good" for pretty minor defects, and many of these might have received our "very good to fine" grade in the past. And the half of the stills that ARE in very good to fine condition would likely be graded "mint" by any other auction! This is the finest group of stills I have ever seen, and I can only hope to equal it someday! Condition: good to very good. There are two brown stains in the top blank border and some creases in that area, but otherwise, the still is in pretty nice condition! Learn More about condition grades 
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