eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result n046 TEXAS RANGER linen half-sheet movie poster R34 Buck Jones fighting! Date Sold 9/26/2006Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. A 1934 Re-release Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked Half-Sheet Movie Poster (measures 22" x 28") (Learn More) The Texas Ranger, the 1931 D. Ross Lederman cowboy western (from the story by Forrest Sheldon) starring Buck Jones ("The Screen's Greatest Western Star"), Carmelita Geraghty, Harry Woods, Ed Brady, and Nelson McDowell. Note that Buck Jones' white horse was named Silver (just like The Lone Ranger's later on!), and Silver made 73 movies with Buck Jones from 1922 until Jones' death in 1942 in the tragic Cocoanut Grove fire. But oddly, Silver was almost never billed on the posters for Buck Jones' movies as so many other famous horses (most especially Tom Mix's Tony) were! 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 in 1934, Columbia re-released many of the most popular Buck Jones westerns from 1930 and 1931. At this time, Columbia was saving money any way they could (since it was in the height of The Great Depression), and virtually all Columbia re-releases of that time were printed from the same plates as the original, but with the copyright date changed, and sometimes the re-releases were duotone. But, solely in the case of these western re-releases, Columbia created all new posters for the movies! Perhaps this was a sign of how important those westerns were to the studio at that time, or perhaps they were hoping to deceive the public into thinking they were seeing a brand new movie. In many cases, the 1934 re-releases have superior artwork, design, and taglines to that of the original releases. Note that some unscrupulous individuals have taken some of these re-releases, and altered the copyright date, to try to "pass them off" as original releases (but they did not know that the images were different!). Condition: very good. This poster was linenbacked, and one of the following is true: either the poster had minor defects, and was well backed, OR it had more significant defects, but they were extremely well restored, OR it had some very minor defects that were not completely restored, and are slightly noticeable. You can tell which of the above is the case for this particular poster by reading our "Pre-Restoration Defects & Quality of Restoration" description and also by looking at our "super-sized" image of the actual poster (we are the only major auction company we know of that gives accurate detailed pre-restoration information about linenbacked posters to our bidders, but we wish everyone did!). The poster had rough creases, a few tiny tears, and some minute paper loss across the horizontal foldline, and a lesser amount in the bottom half of the vertical foldline. There were some creases, smudges, and tears in the blank borders, and a few faint scuff marks throughout the image. Overall, the poster was in very good condition prior to linenbacking. The person who restored the poster did very slight touch up to the horizontal foldline, but you can still see signs of the creases and smudges. The poster was otherwise well backed, but the restorer who mounted the poster did not leave any excess linen around the edges of the poster. The poster displays well, and the foldline creases and smudges are not very distracting, but if the new owner of the poster wanted, they could have a restorer touch up solely that area, without re-backing the poster. Learn More about condition grades
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