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Auction History Result 4d0210 FIGHTING COWARD Russian 28x39 1924 art of Cullen Landis as the masked pacifist Quaker, rare! Date Sold 5/3/2020 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Folded Russian Movie Poster (measures 28 1/4" x 38 3/4" [72 x 98 cm]) (Learn More) The Fighting Coward, the 1924 James Cruze silent romantic cowardice/bravery gambling melodrama ("From the play 'Magnolia' by Booth Tarkington"; about a young man who is born in the south but is sent north to live with Quaker relatives, and they teach him to never fight under any circumstances, and he goes back down south, and he is bullied by people who see he won't fight back, and the woman he loves scorns him for being a coward, but he proves her and the bullies wrong, but he ends up with the woman's younger sister, played by 18 year old Mary Astor) starring Ernest Torrence (as The Gambler), Mary Astor (as The Girl), Noah Beery Sr. (as The Gunfighter), Cullen Landis (in the title role as The Fighting Coward), and Phyllis Haver (as The Flirt). Note that it is surely a coincidence, but the plot of this movie is incredibly similar to that of the hero of Kenny Rogers' song, "Coward of the County"! 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 we have never before auctioned this Russian poster! It is one of a remarkable collection of 35 Russian posters we are currently offering (a very few are from non-Russian countries that were once somewhat part of Russia). These are among the most rare Russian posters there are, from the early 1920s through 1946. Not only have we only auctioned one of the 19 before (the other 18 we have NEVER auctioned), but in all our years of auctioning, we have only auctioned a couple of dozen Russian posters from the 1920s, and a slightly larger amount from the 1930s, and a slightly larger amount from between 1940 and 1946! Nineteen of these posters are from movies, and there are also circus posters, war posters, and others. The one common denominator to all these posters is that they have really interesting images, always completely different from those of non-Russian posters for the same movies or subjects. Just like posters from Europe, posters from Russia from World War II and before are extremely rare, surely because of the lack of paper during World War II, which caused them to recycle almost all old paper, but Russian posters are even more rare, because so few posters made it out of Russia after World War II, due to the Cold War. This is a wonderful opportunity to obtain these incredibly rare and striking Russian posters, and many of them might not be offered again for sale or at auction for many years! Also note that this poster was folded at one time but has been laying flat for a long time and will be sent rolled in a tube. Condition: good to very good. The poster has separation along portions of the center horizontal fold and vertical foldline and there are several tears of varying lengths around the edges. Many of the tears or other defects as described above have been repaired with several pieces of tape from the back. It has extra creases and some scuff marks scattered throughout and a few other defects that can be clearly seen in our super-sized image. After proper restoration the poster will display well, but bear in mind the poster's condition and the cost of restoration before bidding on it. Learn More about condition grades 
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