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Auction History Result 2d234 SABOTAGE 30x40 Aust 1sh '39 German spies sabotage U.S. planes two years before Pearl Harbor! Date Sold 8/29/2013 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Folded Australian One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 30 1/4" x 40" [77 x 102 cm]) (Learn More) Sabotage, the 1939 Harold Young Germany spy espionage airplane aviation disaster thriller ("What's the truth about Sabotage?"; written by Lionel Houser; about a young man who works at an airplane factory, and when some of the planes are sabotaged, he is falsely accused and the factory is closed, but he goes to the mayor of the town and the mayor discovers that it was German spies who did the espionage, and then they kidnap the mayor, but everything works out in the end) starring Arleen Whelan, Gordon Oliver, Charley Grapewin, Lucien Littlefield, and Paul Guilfoyle. Note that this was one of the first American movies dealing with German spies committing espionage and sabotage in the U.S. (it is telling that it was by Republic Studios who had little distribution in Europe; at this time, the major studios steered clear of criticizing the Germans or Hitler for the most part, because they did not want to jeopardize their lucrative distribution in Germany). It would not be another year or two before the major studios started making similar movies. 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 this Australian one-sheet measures 30 1/4" x 40" [77 x 102 cm]. It seems likely that the sizes of one-sheets did not become standardized until some point after this time (although we have seen earlier Australian one-sheets that measured 27" x 40"). It might be that this poster measures different because it is for a Republic Pictures movie. If anyone knows more about this, please e-mail us and we will post it here. Condition: good. The left and right 1 1/2" of the poster was folded back at one time, and the poster is tattered down both borders, with tears, paper loss, and some stains. There are some pinholes around the edges and a few within the image, with some paper loss caused by rough removal of the pins (see our image). Learn More about condition grades 
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