eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 6j131 DUKE STEPS OUT pre-war Belgian '29 Joan Crawford loves prizefighter William Haines, cool art! Date Sold 4/7/2015Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Folded Belgian Movie Poster (measures 24 1/2" x 38 1/4" [62 x 97 cm]) (Learn More) The Duke Steps Out, the 1929 James Cruze college boxing sports romantic comedy ("It's a knock-out!"; "Story by Lucian Cary"; about a millionaire's son who is a talented boxer, and he is on his way to becoming champion when he happens to see a beautiful college co-ed, and on an impulse, he enrolls in college so that he can romance her; it is not until the climax of the movie, when he is fighting for the championship and Crawford is listening to the fight on the radio that she finally realizes her boyfriend is the champ) starring William Haines (in the title role as Duke), Joan Crawford, Karl Dane, Tenen Holtz, Edward J. Nugent, and Jack Roper. Note that this is a "lost" film which means that no surviving copies are thought to exist (but the soundtrack discs have survived). Also note that Karl Dane and George K. Arthur appeared in two of the same movies in the mid-1920s, and then in 1927, MGM paired the huge Dane with the diminutive Arthur as a comedy team in 1927's "Rookies", and they were a huge hit, and over the next four years, they appeared in a total of 17 comedies as a Laurel & Hardy-like slapstick comedy team. But Dane had a very thick accent, and he could not make the transition to sound movies, and he had a few bit parts given to him by friends, but by 1934, he was washed up, and he bought a hot dog cart which he displayed outside of the MGM gates! Apparently, he reasonably found this extremely depressing, and he soon committed suicide. The following year, Arthur retired from movies and became a Broadway producer among other careers, and he lived until 1985, when he was 86 years old! 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. Note that this poster was folded at one time but has been laying flat for a long time and will be sent rolled in a tube. Condition: good to very good. A large snipe is was glued to the upper edge of the poster (it measure 24 1/2" x 38 1/4" in total) which has separated at center. The poster is somewhat brittle. There are tiny tears, small paper loss around the edges and in the crossfolds (there is some paper loss to the right of the center crossfold as well). Learn More about condition grades
Postal Mailing Address:
Bruce Hershenson, P.O. Box 874, West Plains, MO 65775. (For our UPS or FedEx address, click here) phone: +1 417 256-9616 fax: +1 417 257-6948 E-mail: Contact Us Hours of Operation: Monday - Friday 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM & 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM (CDT) |
|||||||||||||
Copyright Notice:
©1998-2024 Bruce Hershenson. All rights reserved.
All materials contained in this document are protected by United States copyright law and may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, displayed, published or broadcast without the prior written permission of Bruce Hershenson. You may not alter or remove any trademark, copyright or other notice from copies of the content. However, you may download or print material from this Web site for your personal, non-commercial use only. |