eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result g354 GREAT LIE linen one-sheet movie poster '41 Bette Davis, George Brent Date Sold 12/19/2006Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked One-Sheet Movie Poster (measures 27" x 41") (Learn More) The Great Lie, the 1941 Edmund Goulding romantic love triangle adultery melodrama ("There are some things a woman has to lie about ...to a man!"; "'Sometimes there's a terrible penalty for telling the truth...'"; "From a novel by Polan Banks"; about a woman who marries, but her husband quickly dies in a plane crash, and then she finds out that his ex-girlfriend is pregnant with his child!) starring Bette Davis ("is better than in 'The Old Maid' in her new triumph"), George Brent, Mary Astor (nominated for the Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for this film), Lucile Watson, and Hattie McDaniel NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Condition: good. The poster had a quarter-sized area of paper loss at the middle crossfold and areas of paper loss between the top and bottom crossfold. There were tears and just a few areas of paper loss in the top and bottom borders of the vertical fold and many pinholes, creases, and smudges around the edges of the poster. The person who backed the poster pretty much just backed it "as is" with the slightest attempt at "restoration". Note that the restorer who mounted the poster did not leave any excess linen around the edges of the poster. If I owned this poster, I would surely have it re-backed by a talented professional. Since it is fortunate that the damage in the poster is primarily in the blank background areas and in Davis' neck, the poster will look quite nice after being properly re-backed and restored, and there really won't be much paint on the poster! This poster was linenbacked, and it had significant defects which were only somewhat repaired during the linenbacking process, or were not repaired at all (we describe both the defects as well as the quality of the restoration below, and based on those comments, you can easily determine which type of poster it is). You should also look 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!). Learn More about condition grades
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