eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 9b284 LAUREL & HARDY Belgian 1940s cool completely different close-up art of Stan & Oliver! Date Sold 9/17/2019Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Folded Belgian Movie Poster (measures 13 3/4" x 19 3/4" [35 x 50 cm]) (Learn More) a circa 1940s Belgian stock poster for Laurel & Hardy movies! The poster features great different headshot artwork of the comedy duo, Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. Belgian theaters would display this poster when they would show Laurel & Hardy movies (sometimes writing in the title of the specific movie being shown at the bottom of the poster). Note that Laurel & Hardy movies were very popular in the 1930s and 1940s, in the U.S. and abroad. In Belgium, there was a paper shortage during the 1940s and 1950s, and so they sometimes printed up stock posters for the most popular stars and teams, including Laurel & Hardy, to be used by theaters showing any of their movies, thus conserving on paper. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Important Added Info: This poster is printed on the back of a map or part of another poster! Why is this? During World War II, there were massive paper shortages in Belgium. Where Belgian movie posters had previously been approximately 23" x 32", there was such a shortage of paper that not only did they often have to print them on the back of other posters or maps, but during World War II, the size of the posters shrank dramatically, with some of them as small as 11" x 15". This situation continued even after World War II, until around 1946 or 1947, when they began making Belgian movie posters in a size of roughly 14" x 22", which became the standard size, and continued for decades! The posters like these that are from during World War II or immediately after, and which are printed in a small size (often on the back of other posters or maps) are INCREDIBLY rare (surely they did not print many, and surely many of them were soon recycled themselves! Note that this poster was folded at one time but has been laying flat for a long time and will be sent rolled in a tube. Condition: good. A title was printed in the lower blank area and then later a snipe was placed over it and there are some remnants in that area (see our image). It has snipe remnants at top. The art of the poster, though, is still in pretty nice condition. Please see our super-sized image to get a good sense of the condition of this item prior to placing a bid. Learn More about condition grades
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