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Auction History Result y270 AT THE CIRCUS linen Italian photobusta movie poster R48 Marx Date Sold 9/14/2004Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. A 1948 Re-release Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked Italian Photobusta Movie Poster (measures approximately 13" x 19") (Learn More) At the Circus, the 1939 Edward Buzzell musical screwball comedy ("Keep the world laughing!") starring The Marx Brothers (Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, and Harpo Marx), Kenny Baker, Florence Rice, Eve Arden, Margaret Dumont, Nat Pendleton, and Charles Gemora (as Gibraltar the gorilla). Note that this was the movie where the Marx Brothers sing the song "Lydia the Tattooed Lady"! Also note that MGM initially was going to call this movie "A Day at the Circus" (to capitalize on the success of "A Day at the Races"), but that title was dropped (although it is on a few stills). There was a working title of "Marx Bros At the Circus" that is also on some stills, but not the 1939 posters or lobby cards. To make things confusing, when MGM re-released the movie in 1962, the advertising made it look like the title of the movie was "Marx Bros At the Circus". 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 Italian photobusta measures approximately 13" x 19" and is linenbacked. Condition: good. This poster was linenbacked, but it was either NOT linenbacked by a very talented restorer, or it was linenbacked many years ago, and has received rough handling over the years, or it had fairly major defects that were not restorated at all. If it was restored, you can see signs of the restoration even from a distance. This is a poster that would greatly benefit from additional professional restoration. See below for its pre-restoration defects (we are the only major auction company we know of that gives accurate detailed pre-restoration information to our bidders, but we wish everyone did!). The poster had a slightly semi-circular horizontal foldline as well as a vertical foldline, and there are creases and some tears along those foldlines. There is paper loss in the corners and some scuffs and smudges throughout the image area. The person who linenbacked the poster just mounted the poster and left the defects alone. A talented restorer could touch them up without rebacking the poster. Learn More about condition grades 
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