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1h1080 FOR THE SOUL OF RAFAEL linen 1sh 1920 art of Clara Kimball Young in Old California, very rare!

Date Sold 12/26/2021
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An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 27" x 41" [69 x 104 cm]) (Learn More)

For the Soul of Rafael, the 1920 Harry Garson silent romantic love triangle melodrama ("From Marah Ellis Ryan's greatest fiction successes A Magnificent Love Story of Old California"; the movie borrows much from Romeo & Juliet and other classic romantic melodramas; a nun leaves a convent to marry a wild son of a rich Mexican nobleman, and she falls in love with a poor man, and she is tricked into thinking the poor man has died, and she marries the rich son, and when she learns the poor man is still alive, she stays true to her husband, but after he is killed by bandits, she is free to be with her true love) starring Clara Kimball Young ("In her latest and by far greatest picture"; "In her latest and greatest photo dramatic triumph"), Bertram Grassby (in the title role as Rafael Artega), Eugenie Besserer, Juan de la Cruz, J. Frank Glendon, Ruth King, and Helene Sullivan
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Important Added Info: Note that we have only previously auctioned one example of this one-sheet, and that was 7 years ago, when it sold for $603!

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Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: good to very good. The poster had separation and a few tiny tears on parts of some folds. It had a long diagonal tear in the lower part of the image, running through the bottom of the woman's dress. . Overall, the poster was in good to very good condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was pretty well backed, but you can see signs of the above defects and the restoration of the above defects.
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