eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result w018 GOOD EARTH Swedish movie poster '37 Muni, Rainer, Pearl S. Buck Date Sold 3/25/2008Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Unfolded Swedish Movie Poster (measures 27" x 39 1/2") (Learn More) The Good Earth, the 1937 Sidney Franklin (nominated for the Best Director Academy Award for this film) Asian China family relationship melodrama ("Never again in our lifetime will eyes behold another show on Stage of Screen to equal it! 3 years to produce! It cost a fortune! Two Crowded Hours of sheer enjoyment!"; "At last its thrills are on the screen!"; "Pearl Buck's Best Selling Novel at least yours to see!"; "Based on the novel by Pearl S. Buck"; nominated for the Best Picture Academy Award) starring Paul Muni (as Wang), Luise Rainer (winner of the Best Actress Academy Award for this film; as O-Lan), Walter Connolly, Tilly Losch, Charlie Grapewin, Jessie Ralph, Keye Luke, "and thousands more in the Cast". Note that, as was common in early Hollywood, non-Asian actors were hired to play Asians, and they did this through the use of "yellowface" makeup (similar to "blackface" makeup that had been used for so long). Often, this was in movies that featured "interracial romances" between Asians and westerners, and those who participated in such romances were shunned and often they led to murders or suicides. Of course, in the case of this movie, it is set in China and all the characters are Chinese, so it was not a case of an "interracial" problem, but simply that the studio wanted to cast famous non-Asians. Thankfully, these sorts of movies and the practice of actors performing in "yellowface" has almost completely been abandoned! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Condition: very good to fine. The bottom left corner was separated from the rest of the poster diagonally (extending into the bottom of the "R" of "REGI"), and it was re-attached to the poster with tape from the back (there was no paper loss). Otherwise, the poster is in nice condition! Learn More about condition grades
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