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Auction History Result 6t036 KID FROM CLEVELAND linen 1/2sh '49 all Cleveland Indians including Bob Feller & Satchel Paige! Date Sold 5/3/2016 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked Style A Half-Sheet Movie Poster (1/2sh; measures 22" x 28" [56 x 71 cm]) (Learn More) The Kid From Cleveland, the 1949 Herbert Kline Ohio baseball sports melodrama ("the story of... a kid... a city... and 30 godfathers!"; "Story by Herbert Kline and John Bright"; about a kid with trouble at home who runs away to stay with the Cleveland Indians, who actually play themselves!) starring George Brent, Lynn Bari, Russ Tamblyn (billed as "introducing Rusty Tamblyn and his 30 godfathers"; in his first credited movie role!), and the entire roster of the 1949 Cleveland Indians, 30 in all (who appeared as themselves; this included manager Bill Veeck, Hank Greenberg, Bob Feller, Satchel Paige [legendary black African American pitcher who played this one year with the Cleveland Indians at the age of 43], Larry Doby, Bob Lemon, and a host of other baseball greats!), Tommy Cook, Ann Doran, and Louis Jean Heydt. One of those other baseball players in the movie was Gene Bearden, who was the real life baseball World Series hero from the 1949 Cleveland Indians, and also was Rookie of the Year. He played himself in this movie (and in "The Stratton Story" made the same year). 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 poster is not marked, but since we know that there IS a style B poster on this title, and this poster has a different image, we assume that this poster is the style A, so we are referring to it in that fashion. What IS linenbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: very good. The poster had some tiny bits of surface paper loss and tiny creases on the folds, with some small tears, creases, and tiny paper loss in the blank borders. Overall, the poster was in good to very good condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was nicely backed, and displays well! Learn More about condition grades 
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