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Auction History Result 4h382 VENUS MAKES TROUBLE linen 1sh 1937 stone litho of James Dunn, Patricia Ellis & Venus de Milo! Date Sold 3/3/2019 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 27" x 41" [69 x 104 cm]) (Learn More) Venus Makes Trouble, the 1937 Gordon Wiles movie promoter romantic melodrama ("Watch your step, Jimmy! This Venus has ARMS!"; "He said he was looking for good clean fun...so this Broadway Venus took him to the cleaners!"; "You've got something there, Jimmy! And, oh boy, have we got a hit..."; "Baby, you've got vunes stopped... when it comes to charms! ...And you have her topped... when it comes to arms!"; "He said he was looking for good clean fun... so this Broadway Venus took him to the cleaners"; Dunn is a would-be big time promoter who is hired by a movie theater to ride a hot-air balloon over the city, and then is hailed as a marketing genius, and he has a turbulent romance with pretty Patricia Ellis) starring James Dunn, Patricia Ellis, Gene Morgan, Astrid Allwyn, and Thurston Hall. Note that the tagline from the one-sheet makes it clear that the name of the "Venus" of the title is related to the famous statue "Venus de Milo", and some posters include an image of that statue! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: very good to fine. The poster had tiny paper loss at the crossfolds and some tiny areas of paper loss in the right half of the bottom horizontal fold, with minor wear on the other folds and in the borders. Overall, the poster was in very good to fine condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was nicely backed, and displays Learn More about condition grades 
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