Lot 431 - One-Sheet (27 x 41) Very Fine- on Linen

Sold Stock #155725 | Sold Jun 12 2023

IMITATION OF LIFE (1934)

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Lot # 431 - One-Sheet (27" x 41"); Very Fine- on Linen

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One-Sheet (27" x 41")
Very Fine- on Linen
Universal, 1934

The first version of the famous novel dealing with race barriers is hard to find posters for. The film would be remade thirty years later by director Douglas Sirk and starring Lana Turner. The Production Code Administration's (PCA) censors struggled to " negotiate how boundaries of racial difference should be cinematically constructed to be seen, and believed, on the screen."

Before linen backing and restoration, this poster had small chips in the borders and lower center point wear. There have been touch-ups to the folds, and the borders have been sporadically airbrushed.

Based on the 1933 novel by Fannie Hurst, this drama stars Claudette Colbert as a widow who befriends and takes in a Black housekeeper (Louise Beavers) and her daughter. In 2007, Time magazine hailed it as one of "The 25 Most Important Films on Race".

Estimate: $600 - 1,200

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