eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 5z247 NEW MARCH OF TIME: WANTED - MORE HOMES linen 1sh '40s 3,000,000 families can't find homes! Date Sold 7/14/2009Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 27" x 41") (Learn More) The New March of Time: Wanted - More Homes, the late 1940s post-World War II news short subject documentary ("Believing that the responsibility of the motion picture is to inform as well as entertain ...this theatre shows The March of Time regularly"; "What's holding up housing?... How can you build more cheaply?... Why can't you get materials?... What will the new homes look like?... For sensational news that throws the spotlight on these questions, see 'Wanted - More Homes!'") featuring a report on the intense housing shortage in post-WWII America ("This year will find more than 3,000,000 families [mostly returned veterans] looking for places to live in - and not finding them"). No doubt this newsreel was produced in 1946 or 1947, when there was a massive housing shortage in the United States. Note that this is a stock poster that was created for theaters showing this specific "March of Time" entry. What makes it a stock poster is that they left a 14" x 22" area blank in the top left, and they wanted theaters to put a window card from the feature film they were showing in that area! Apparently, this did not catch on, because we have never seen any other posters like it. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Condition: very good. The poster had tiny paper loss at the crossfolds and minor fold and border wear. Overall, the poster was in very good condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was backed on to a very thin linen, and either no or very little restoration was performed. If I owned this poster, I might have it removed from the thin linen, and backed by a talented professional (although it could certainly be displayed just as it is). Learn More about condition grades
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