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1930s Cinema Display Signs Including Hand Painted Work Attributed to Batiste Madalena - This lot comprises two vintage theatrical advertising pieces from the mid-1930s. The first item is a double-sided cinema display sign on heavy illustration board. One side features an original hand-painted composition attributed to Batiste Madalena, depicting a stylized portrait of a woman in upward gaze. The hand-lettered text promotes a double feature: Edmund Lowe and Ann Sothern in Let's Fall in Love and Kay Francis and Ricardo Cortez in House on 56th Street. The board contains several white chalk notations in the margins; the upper left corner shows 8/1, 6/1, and 5, while the upper right corner displays 1, 0, 6, and 7. The second item on the back side is a standard lithographed one-sheet movie poster for the 1935 Paramount Picture Smart Girl. The poster features a central romantic illustration of Ida Lupino and Kent Taylor. Printed text at the top left reads ADOLPH ZUKOR presents, and the bottom margin includes credits for Directed by AUBREY SCOTTO, a WALTER WANGER production, and A PARAMOUNT PICTURE. The bottom right corner is marked with the number 6679. A Paramount Pictures logo is printed in the lower left corner. item exhibit significant wear consistent with theatrical use and age. The hand-painted sign shows multiple pinholes and punctures along the top and side margins (photo 1). The edges are tattered with visible paper loss at the bottom left corner (photo 8) and various small tears along the perimeter. Surface abrasions and paint loss are evident, particularly within the red lettering and the facial area of the portrait (photo 3). The Smart Girl poster has a heavy horizontal crease across the center with substantial paper loss and surface lifting (photo 13). There is a large missing section in the upper right quadrant (photo 14) and numerous tears and punctures throughout the body of the poster (photo 11). Extensive edge fraying and staining are visible across the entire surface. Height: 41.5 inches Width: 27 inches