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Auction History Result 9g310 QUALITY STREET linen pre-War Belgian '37 different art of Katharine Hepburn & Franchot Tone! Date Sold 7/15/2014 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked Belgian Movie Poster (measures 22 3/4" x 29 1/4" [58 x 74 cm]) (Learn More) J.M. Barrie's Quality Street (released in Spain as "Olivia"), the 1937 George Stevens romantic mistaken identity extreme makeover comedy ("Together Triumphant!"; from the play by Sir James M. Barrie; set in the early 1800s, an Englishwoman's boyfriend goes off to war, and when he returns ten years later, he is turned off by her aged appearance; she performs an extreme makeover, and is so successful that he doesn't recognize her, so she pretends to be her own niece, and he starts to fall in love with her, but ends up telling her that he actually loves her "aunt", and of course, everything works out in the end) starring Katharine Hepburn, Franchot Tone, Eric Blore, Cora Witherspoon, Fay Bainter, Estelle Winwood, Helena Grant, Florence Lake, and Joan Fontaine (in an early uncredited role, having just been signed by RKO to a long term contract). Note that this movie is a remake of the 1927 movie of the same title with Marion Davies in the lead 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 this is a rare "pre-War" Belgian poster. Prior to World War II, Belgian posters were much larger than the ones from after the war, and they are extremely rare (because during WWII, there was a massive paper shortage in Belgium, and they took virtually every poster and map, and printed new posters on the backs of them!). Also note that this poster has been trimmed and it now measures 22 3/4" x 29 1/4" [58 x 74 cm]. What IS linenbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: good to very good. The poster originally had a blank top that was neatly trimmed off (this is commonly done with Belgian posters, similar to how the blank top is trimmed off of U.S. window cards). The poster also had minor wear on the foldlines and some scuffs by the bottom crossfold, in the background area. It had some darkening on the folds and around the edges. Overall, the poster was in good to very good condition prior to linenbacking. The restorer backed the poster "in the European style", meaning that they did not do restoration to the defects described above. Also, since the poster was backed, it acquired some brown dot stains around the edges, mostly in the excess linen, but very slightly in the poster itself (see our image). Learn More about condition grades 
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