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Auction History Result 1s102 BROADWAY BILL linen 1sh '34 Frank Capra horse racing comedy, art of Warner Baxter & Myrna Loy! Date Sold 8/19/2008 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 27" x 41") (Learn More) Broadway Bill, the 1934 Frank Capra horse racing gambling romantic love triangle comedy melodrama ("Great Alone - Perfect Together!"; "Two Great Stars in The Comedy Successor to 'It Happened One Night'"; "The Comedy Successor to 'It Happened One Night'!"; "Based on the story by Mark Hellinger"; screen play "by Robert Riskin"; about a gambler who is married to the daughter of a millionaire, but she doesn't share his interests in gambling or horse racing, but her younger sister does, and it takes him a while to realize that he married the wrong sister!) starring Warner Baxter, Myrna Loy, Walter Connolly, Helen Vinson, Margaret Hamilton, Clarence Muse, and Broadway Bill the horse (in the title role). Director Frank Capra remade this film in 1950 as the musical "Riding High", in which he actually used many of the same actors so he wouldn't have to re-shoot any of the big race scenes, which were reused from this film! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Condition: good to very good. The poster had a 1/2" x 2" area of paper loss at all three crossfolds. There was a small hole near the top of Loy's dress that had a piece of tape on the back. There were some creases, tears, and tiny areas of paper loss in the left half of the middle foldline and there was tape on the back of that, and also in the right half of the top foldline (and there was tape on the back of that). There were some tiny creases, tears, and separation on parts of other foldlines and some pinholes, creases, tears, and small paper loss around the edges of the poster. It is fortunate that there were virtually no defects in Loy's face, hair, or neck! Overall, the poster was in good to very good condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was pretty well backed. You can see signs of the restoration of the above defects from close up, but from any reasonable viewing distance, they are not very distracting at all. Of course, one could have a talented restorer perform additional touch up to the poster, but I would think few people would find a need to do so! Learn More about condition grades 
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