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Auction History Result 3m0056 MORE THE MERRIER insert 1943 Jean Arthur, Joel McCrea, Charles Coburn, George Stevens, rare! Date Sold 2/23/2020 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Folded Insert Movie Poster (measures 14" x 36" [36 x 91 cm]) (Learn More) George Stevens' The More the Merrier, the classic 1943 George Stevens (nominated for the Best Director Academy Award for this film) World War II (WWII) housing shortage romantic love triangle comedy ("Why are nice men such dopes?"; "Home is where you hang your guests!"; "1943's new kind of movie... Sure to give you a Dingle!"; "The only picture with a dingle!"; "She saw her patriotic duty - and she dood it!"; "Story by Robert Russell and Frank Ross"; nominated for the Best Picture Academy Award; about the overcrowding during World War II, and how sexy Jean Arthur sublets half of her apartment to elderly Charles Coburn who re-sublets half of his half to sexy Joel McCrea!; it is really a wonderful romantic comedy, and makes you wish that George Stevens had made more of them, and that Joel McCrea had had more good roles in his career!) starring Jean Arthur (nominated for the Best Actress Academy Award for this film), Joel McCrea, Charles Coburn (winner of the Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for this film), Richard Gaines, and Ann Savage (in her first movie role!) 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 we have only previously auctioned two examples of this insert, and the last time was 12 years ago! Also note that this poster was folded at one time, and the folds have not diminished, so depending on what the buyer purchases with this poster, it can either be re-folded and sent in a flat package or it can be left unfolded and sent rolled in a tube (it will be the choice of the buyer of the poster, and they should notify us after they win to tell us which they want us to do). Condition: good to very good. The poster has darkened somewhat, typical of Columbia posters of this period. It has some brown stains scattered in the left blank border, with some small tears in the left and right borders. It has some light horizontal creases scattered throughout, more so in the top 6". Learn More about condition grades 
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