eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result #8721 FIGHTING SEABEES Aust db '44 John Wayne Date Sold 5/6/2003Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. Original Vintage Theatrical Folded Australian Daybill Movie Poster (measures approximately 13" x 30") (Learn More) The Fighting Seabees, the 1944 Edward Ludwig World War II (WWII) United States Navy military romantic action thriller ("Romance of the Seven Seas") starring John Wayne, Susan Hayward, Dennis O'Keefe, William Frawley, Leonid Kinskey, J.M. Kerrigan, Grant Withers, Ben Welden, Duncan Renaldo, and Adele Mara (uncredited as Twinkles Tucker the Jitterbugger). Note that the Seabees were members of the United States Navy who were assigned to the Construction Battalion, and were called "C.B.", which was corrupted to "Seabees"! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Condition: fair to good. the title "The Fighting Seabees" is a large stencil that was put over the printed title. Holding the poster to the light one can see that the original title was "Romance of the Seven Seas". Most likely, someone at Republic Studios intended to have the movie re-titled "Romance of the Seven Seas" for the movie's international release, but probably that idea was scrapped when people realized that doing so was extremely deceptive and false advertising! I can find no record of any other poster that has "Romance of the Seven Seas" in place of "The Fighting Seabees", so I would imagine this poster is an extreme rarity! But please do not bid on it thinking that the stencil can be removed, for while it is possible it can be, it is also possible that it can't be removed. other than the stenciled replacement title , the poster has the following defects: poster was folded in half an additional time resulting in an extra horizontal foldline in the top, middle, and bottom of the poster; small paper loss in the center of the top fold in the corner of the solid credits area Learn More about condition grades
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