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Auction History Result 5r0054 ARROWSMITH 1/2sh 1931 doctor Ronald Colman with Helen Hayes, John Ford, Sinclair Lewis, rare! Date Sold 9/3/2020 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Unfolded Half-Sheet Movie Poster (1/2sh; measures 22" x 28" [56 x 71 cm]) (Learn More) Arrowsmith, the 1931 John Ford medical doctor romantic fictional biography melodrama ("The great American novel now becomes the great American motion picture!"; "He devoted his life to service... and his heart to the love of one woman"; "From the Nobel Prize novel by Sinclair Lewis"; about the life of a dedicated doctor, from his earliest days in medical school through a long distinguished career; nominated for the Best Picture Academy Award) starring Ronald Colman (in the title role as Dr. Martin Arrowsmith), Helen Hayes, Richard Bennett, Myrna Loy, and A.E. Anson. Note that there is something very ironic about the crediting United Artists used for the source novel. When Lewis wrote Arrowsmith, he was voted the Pulitzer Prize for it, but he refused it. In 1930, he was given the Nobel Prize for Literature, not specifically for any one novel, and he accepted it. Samuel Goldwyn, the producer of the movie, wanted to advertise that this was an award-winning novel, so he combined the two above facts to get the tagline "from the Nobel Prize novel", which is not strictly true! 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 only previously auctioned one example of this half-sheet! Also note that this poster is very old, and it would not make sense to attempt to roll it, as the paper is fragile and rolling it would surely damage it. Therefore we must be sent in a very large flat package. Please bear that extra shipping cost in mind BEFORE placing a bid on this poster! Condition: fair to good. The poster was never folded. It has some tears, stains, pinholes, and paper loss around the edges, with many smudges and scuffs in the yellow background areas. There are scuffs over Colman's name. There are light water stains scattered in the bottom left, entering the credits. Someone put tape repairs on the back of the borders, taping pieces of another poster to the back of the larger areas of paper loss in the blank borders, but otherwise did no restoration. This is the sort of poster that responds really well to professional restoration. It is likely that much or all of the light staining and smudges can be removed through chemical means, after which the poster will look fantastic (but look at our super-sized image and bear all of the above in mind before bidding on this extremely rare poster). Learn More about condition grades 
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