eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 3m018 GONE WITH THE WIND 3.5x5.25 photo 1940 very elaborate theater display from their premiere! Date Sold 1/14/2018Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original 1940 (see below) Vintage 3 1/2" x 5 1/4" [9 x 13 cm] Photo (Learn More) Gone with the Wind, the classic 1939 Victor Fleming (winner of the Best Director Academy Award for this film) Civil War era romantic melodrama epic ("The Greatest Motion Picture Ever Made!"; "In the New Screen splendor... The most magnificent picture ever!"; "David O. Selznick's production of Margaret Mitchell's story of the Old South"; "Screen play by Sidney Howard"; winner of the Best Picture Academy Award) starring Clark Gable (nominated for the Best Actor Academy Award for this film; "as Rhett Butler"), Vivien Leigh (winner of the Best Actress Academy Award for this film; "and presenting Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O'Hara"), Leslie Howard ("as Ashley Wilkes"), Olivia de Havilland (nominated for the Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for this film; "as Melanie"), Hattie McDaniel ("as Mammy"), Thomas Mitchell ("as Gerald O'Hara"), Butterfly McQueen (as Prissy), Ann Rutherford ("as Carreen O'Hara"), George Reeves (in his first credited movie role!), Victor Jory, Jane Darwell, Ward Bond, Ona Munson ("as Belle Watling"), Yakima Canutt, Harry Davenport ("as Dr. Meade"), Carroll Nye ("as Frank Kennedy"), Laura Hope Crews ("as Aunt Pittypat"), Alicia Rhett ("as India Wilkes"), Barbara O'Neil ("as Ellen O'Hara"), and Marcella Martin (as Cathleen Calvert) NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: This definitely is a wonderful photo of a theater display for when this classic movie first played at a theater in the deep south. But was it in 1939 or possibly 1940? We know it is not from the premiere of the movie, which was in Atlanta, because that was on Friday, December 15, 1939. The photo says "Begins Next Monday". We would think it is likely from early in 1940, given that there is a very elaborate display, and tickets cost 75 cents for the matinee, and $1.10 for the night show, and you could only purchase the tickets in advance. But we can't say for certain. However, it was found with photos that were all from the late 1930s and very early 1940s, and we would be amazed if this is not from 1940, or soon after. This certainly is a wonderful photo! If anyone knows more about this, please e-mail us and we will post it here. Also note that in October and November of 2017, we auctioned a wonderful collection of around 60 photos (most measured 3.5x5.25, but some measured slightly smaller) that were taken by a man who worked at a large movie theater in the late 1930s and early 1940s. He created wonderful theater fronts and homemade posters (some that were displayed outside the theater and some inside the theater), and after he finished making his displays, he would take a picture of each and then he put them in a scrapbook. Collectors rightfully bid aggressively on these photos, and the best of them auctioned for hundreds of dollars each! Now we are offering another 32 photos from this amazing scrapbook, and after this, there will just be a few bulk lots of the remaining photos (either because they are from much lesser movies or are in lesser condition). So this is the last chance to acquire these very rare to find photos of original theater fronts and local theater displays from this time period. Each of the 32 photos is in a separate auction with this paragraph on them. Condition: very good. There are staple holes in the corners (see our images). Learn More about condition grades
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