eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 6y013 ALCATRAZ ISLAND Other Company 1/2sh '37 different art of John Litel & Ann Sheridan + prison! Date Sold 4/28/2015Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Unfolded Other Company Half-Sheet Movie Poster (1/2sh; measures 22" x 28" [56 x 71 cm]) (Learn More) Alcatraz Island, the 1937 William C. McGann San Francisco California maximum security prison convict crime thriller ("Another timely sensation from Warner Bros!"; "A dramatic thunderbolt!") starring Ann Sheridan, John Litel, Mary Maguire, Gordon Oliver, Dick Purcell, Ben Welden, "and hundreds of others" 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: Note that this was printed by the "other company". This was a company in the Midwest that from roughly 1936 to roughly 1941 printed its own one-sheets and lobby card sets (and a very few inserts, half-sheets, three-sheets, 40x60s and stills) for three major studio movies (Warner Brothers, Paramount and United Artists, but no other studios). The posters and lobby cards are from the original release of the movie, and almost always have completely different artwork from the regular studio release. They never have the name of the releasing studio on the poster or any of the lobby cards, but many years later, noted poster dealer/historian Walter Reuben discovered that the name of the company was "Associated Displays Corporation" and that they were based in Manhattan, New York (oddly, no collectors knew the name of this company for decades!). Sometimes, "other company" posters or lobby cards have images that are the equal of those from the regular studio release posters or lobby cards! Also note that this poster has never been folded! Some pre-1970 half-sheet posters were folded twice horizontally at the poster exchange, while some were not. It can be difficult to find an unfolded example of many pre-1970 half-sheet posters (note that most post-1970 half-sheets were NOT folded, so they are pretty much only found unfolded, and therefore this does not apply to those half-sheets). Condition: fair. The poster was never folded. There is darkening and staining scattered throughout the poster, including parts of the borders. There is paper loss and some tears in the top border. There is a vertical crease down the right side of the image, going through the middle of Sheridan's face. Learn More about condition grades
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