eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 2d190 SCARLET PIMPERNEL English 8x10 still '34 great close portrait of Leslie Howard by Tunbridge! Date Sold 9/25/2008Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical English 8" x 10" (8x10) Movie Still (Learn More) The Scarlet Pimpernel, the 1934 (released in the U.S. in 1935) Harold Young English historical French Revolution romantic disguised hero adventure comedy ("The Scarlet Pimpernel who was he... what was his strange power?"; produced by Alexander Korda) starring Leslie Howard (in the title role as Sir Percy Blakeney/The Scarlet Pimpernel), Merle Oberon, Raymond Massey, Nigel Bruce, Bramwell Fletcher, and Anthony Bushell. Note that this movie was based on the 1905 book by Baroness Emmuska Orczy, and the lead character is a "mild-mannered" English aristocrat by day, who by night poses as "The Scarlet Pimpernel", a dashing hero who rescues victims of the French Revolution, and not even his wife knows his "secret identity"! It seems quite likely that Joe Simon and Jerry Schuster at least partly based their Superman character on this character, given the huge similarities between them (except the Scarlet Pimpernel had no super powers!). NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that there is a date stamp on the back of the still that reads "JUN 1943". We do not know if this means that this still is from a 1943 re-release, or if it means that it is a 1934 still that was re-used in 1943. please do not bid on this still unless you can accept the uncertainty as to whether it is from 1934 or 1943. Also note that this is a rare "country of origin" still for this English movie! There is a stamp on the back of the still that reads, "PHOTOGRAPH BY TUNBRIDGE". Note that there is a stamp on the back of the still (from the studio that distributed it). Also note that there is a stamp on the back of the still from the English library that used the still. Condition: good to very good. Learn More about condition grades
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