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Auction History Result n347 FOREST RANGERS linen Japanese movie poster '50 Paulette Goddard Date Sold 9/26/2006Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Undated (probably 1950; from the first Japanese release of this movie) Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked Japanese Movie Poster (measures 20" x 29") (Learn More) The Forest Rangers, the 1942 George Marshall romantic love triangle forest fire firefighting arson crime action thriller ("Blazing adventure! Dazzling spectacle! Fiery romance!"; "In Flaming Technicolor"; "From a story by Thelma Strabel") starring Fred MacMurray, Paulette Goddard, Susan Hayward, Lynne Overman, Albert Dekker, and Eugene Pallette 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 the IMDb says this movie was not released in Japan until December 1953, but we believe that to be incorrect, because of the "MPEA" logo printed on the poster (see below). We have never seen a poster with the MPEA logo that was from after 1950, so we strongly suspect that the IMDb is wrong in this case (and probably the poster is from 1950). Also note that, immediately after World War II, the U.S. occupied Japan and part of Germany, and many American movies were shown in both countries between 1945 and the end of the occupation. Most of the Japanese posters we have seen from that period and many of the German posters and programs from the same period have a "Motion Picture Export Association" circular printed logo on the poster or program, and apparently this was a program run in conjunction with the U.S. government. Since there were many U.S. servicemen in Japan and Germany at this time, many of these posters and programs have the title written in both Japanese (or German) and in English, and they are from the first release of that movie in that country. Condition: very good. This poster was linenbacked, and one of the following is true: either the poster had minor defects, and was well backed, OR it had more significant defects, but they were extremely well restored, OR it had some very minor defects that were not completely restored, and are slightly noticeable. You can tell which of the above is the case for this particular poster by reading our "Pre-Restoration Defects & Quality of Restoration" description and also by looking at our "super-sized" image of the actual poster (we are the only major auction company we know of that gives accurate detailed pre-restoration information about linenbacked posters to our bidders, but we wish everyone did!). The poster had tiny paper loss at the crossfolds and crease, scuffs, and slight darkening on the foldlines. There were pinholes in the corners and minor border defects. Overall, the poster was in very good condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was pretty well backed, and displays well. Learn More about condition grades 
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