eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 7d071 FANCY PANTS paper banner 1950 close up of cowgirl Lucille Ball hugging dude Bob Hope! Date Sold 6/30/2019Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Unfolded Movie Paper Banner (measures 24" x 82 1/4" [61 x 209 cm]) (Learn More) Fancy Pants, the 1950 George Marshall cowboy western screwball comedy ("They're driving the West wild!"; "The slowest gun in the West, and the funniest!"; "Based on a Story by Harry Leon Wilson"; a re-make of "Ruggles of Red Gap", which had been made three times previously, most notably in 1935 with Charles Laughton in the lead role!) starring Bob Hope (billed on some items as "Mr. Robert Hope [formerly Bob]"!), Lucille Ball (billed as "Miss Lucille Ball"), Virginia Kelley, Percy Helton, Bruce Cabot, and Jack Kirkwood 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 the photo on this paper banner was printed on a separate sheet and then attached to that area of the banner (see our image - this was commonly done with paper banners, and some 30x40s and 40x60s of this period). This is how the poster was created. Note also that this poster is very long, but because it is not very wide, it can be sent in a regular size tube. However, it can NOT be combined with other rolled posters, and must be either sent by itself (or combined with other items that are exactly like this). Please bear this in mind before bidding on this poster. Note that in the 1910s through 1930s, studios would make large cloth banners that movie theaters could hang up above their lobbies (or above their entrances). In the early 1940s, they changed to making paper banners (perhaps there was a cloth shortage during World War II). At first, they were made of one-sheet-like paper, and they didn't survive very well, and they apparently were not very popular, because very few survive. At some point around 1946, they changed to making them out of a heavy paper stock, similar to that used for 40x60s, but measuring 24" x 80". Many people think these became very popular at drive-in theaters, which were then expanding at a major pace throughout the country. The paper banners were very popular until the late 1960s, and then far fewer were made (perhaps corresponding to the decline in popularity of drive-in theaters). Note that this item is very long, but because it is not very wide, it can be sent in a regular size tube. However, it can NOT be combined with other rolled posters, and must be either sent by itself (or combined with other items that are exactly like this). Please bear this in mind before bidding on this poster. Condition: good. The poster has creases, smudges and scuff marks scattered throughout (see our image) and some creases and tears of varying lengths (generally 1" or less but some are larger) along portions of some edges. Please see our super-sized image to get a good sense of the condition of this item prior to placing a bid and please do not bid unless you can accept the defects described above, or you are willing to pay to have them properly restored. Learn More about condition grades
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