eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 1p334 SONG OF THE ISLANDS Belgian 1942 sexy Betty Grable full-length in grass skirt & lei, rare! Date Sold 11/19/2019Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Folded Belgian Movie Poster (measures 16 3/4" x 22" [43 x 56 cm]) (Learn More) Song of the Islands, the 1942 Walter Lang Hawaii tropical island romantic musical comedy ("Lyrics and Music by Mack Gordon and Harry Owens"; "All this... and Grable too"; about a rich man's son who goes to a tropical island to buy land from an Irishman, but he falls in love with the man's daughter, and his father comes to try to bring him home, but falls in love with the island himself!) starring Betty Grable, Victor Mature, Jack Oakie, Thomas Mitchell, George Barbier, Billy Gilbert, Hilo Hattie, and "Harry Owens and His Royal Hawaiians" 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 is an extremely rare poster. We have never auctioned one in all our years of auctioning! Note also that this poster is printed on the back of a map or part of another poster! Why is this? During World War II, there were massive paper shortages in Belgium. Where Belgian movie posters had previously been approximately 23" x 32", there was such a shortage of paper that not only did they often have to print them on the back of other posters or maps, but during World War II, the size of the posters shrank dramatically, with some of them as small as 11" x 15". This situation continued even after World War II, until around 1946 or 1947, when they began making Belgian movie posters in a size of roughly 14" x 22", which became the standard size, and continued for decades! The posters like these that are from during World War II or immediately after, and which are printed in a small size (often on the back of other posters or maps) are INCREDIBLY rare (surely they did not print many, and surely many of them were soon recycled themselves! Note that this poster has been trimmed and it now measures 16 3/4" x 22" [43 x 56 cm]. Also note that this poster was folded at one time but has been laying flat for a long time and will be sent rolled in a tube. Condition: good to very good. The poster is printed on the back of a map which had many light creases throughout. It has some slight discoloration at upper left and at right in the blank borders and a few pinholes around the edges. There is some pencil writing at upper right. Fortunately the few defects affect blank paper and after a pretty simple linenbacking the very rare poster will look great! Learn More about condition grades
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