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Auction History Result 1a650 NEW ORLEANS 1sh '47 Arturo De Cordova, Louis Armstrong & Billie Holliday! Date Sold 3/22/2011 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Folded One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 27" x 41" [69 x 104 cm]) (Learn More) New Orleans, the 1947 Arthur Lubin Louisiana musical comedy ("When New Orleans was world capital of wickedness, women and wonderful rhythm!"; "It's The Low-Down of Wicked Old Basin Street!... And The Music That Made It Wicked!"; "It's the lowdown on sinful old Basin Street!"; "From an original story by Elliot Paul and Herbert J. Biberman") starring Arturo De Cordova, Dorothy Patrick, Marjorie Lord, Irene Rich, John Alexander, Richard Hageman, Louis Armstrong (billed as "Louis Armstrong and His Band"), Billie Holiday (legendary blues singer who only appeared in 2 films, and was only credited in this one), Woody Herman & His Orchestra, an "Original New Orleans Ragtime Band", Zutty Singleton, Barney Bigard, Kid Ory, Bud Scott, Red Callendar, Charlie Beal, and Meade Lux Lewis 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 does not have a company name at the bottom, but it very much looks like it was printed by a company like "Woolever Press" or "Leader Press". In the 1930s and '40s, a constant headache for theaters was being sure of having movie posters for their current releases. Often, the posters would travel with the actual film prints, and sometimes the theater before them might have forgotten to include the poster, it might have been defaced or torn, etc. If a theater didn't have posters, it was very frustrating! Several companies began in the 1930s (Leader Press, the "other company", Woolever Press, etc) that made posters of their own for new releases, and they would provide a back up for theaters in case they didn't get a studio issued poster. Often the posters from these companies (with the exception of the "other company") were silk-screen posters, but they were often quite attractive, and virtually always had a completely different design from the regular studio issued poster. It is an absolute fact that posters from these companies are far more rare than the regular studio issued posters. It is also a certainty that these posters were issued when the movies were first released. In fact, they were created PRIOR to the movie's release, so that they could serve as teaser or advance posters (theaters rarely got the studio issued posters before receiving the actual movie). We have located an extremely rare original advertisement for Leader Press posters which clearly states that they were available to theaters a full two weeks prior to each movie's release. Condition: fair to good. There is much separation and tattering along the foldlines and there are creases and smudges throughout the poster. Learn More about condition grades 
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