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Auction History Result 4y0101 HIS DOUBLE LIFE linen 1sh 1933 great art of Roland Young & his better half Lillian Gish! Date Sold 7/7/2020 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 27" x 41" [69 x 104 cm]) (Learn More) His Double Life, the 1933 Arthur Hopkins romantic mistaken identity comedy ("She was the 'better half' of his double life"; "From the novel 'Buried Alive' and the play 'The Great Adventure' by Arnold Bennett"; a very convoluted story of a famous English artist who goes to an island to paint in seclusion, taking only his faithful valet; after 20 years, he learns he is to be knighted, and he reluctantly returns to England, but on the voyage home, his valet dies, and he sees a great opportunity to remain in seclusion, and he assumes his valet's identity, and passes off the dead valet as the famous artist!; many complications ensue when he discovers that his valet had proposed to a woman who HE is now expected to marry, but things go from bad to worse when he discovers the valet was already married, and his abandoned wife of 20 years ago angrily returns!) starring Lillian Gish, Roland Young, Montagu Love, Lumsden Hare, and Lucy Beaumont. Note that this movie was re-made in 1943 with Monty Woolley in the lead role under the title "Holy Matrimony". NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: good to very good. The poster had a thin strip of paper loss in the center of the "O" of "DOUBLE" in the title. It had similar paper loss at the top crossfold. Otherwise, there were a few small tears and tiny bits of paper loss on small parts of some folds. There were some pinholes, small tears, and tiny stains around the edges. Overall, the poster was in good condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was pretty well backed, but you can see signs of the above defects and the restoration of the above defects. Learn More about condition grades 
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