LET’S BE FAMOUS

Original British 17 inch x 11 inch Trade Advertisement from Kinematograph Weekly for the 1939 Walter Forde Ealing Studios Comedy LET’S BE FAMOUS starring Jimmy O’Dea, Betty Driver, Sonnie Hale, Patrick Barr, Basil Radford, Milton Rosmer, Lena Brown, Henry Hallett, Garry Marsh, Franklyn Bellamy, Hay Plumb, Alf Goddard, Raymond Huntley and Barbara Lott.

An Irishman sets out to become famous as a singer on the radio. Due to a mix up he is instead entered as a contestant on a quiz show.

The Advertisement is in fine condition.

Trade advertisements are colourful posters aimed at cinema managers, which were either slipped in, or part of, the weekly film trade journals which were available to them by subscription but were not sold to the general public. The large size Trade advertisements are about the size of US half sheet posters and have a centre fold which is usually hard to discern when flat. Most were designed to be pulled out, and some were attached by staples. Most have the date in tiny letters in one of the top corners.
The publishers own copies from the 1930’s were destroyed by fire and water damage during the Blitz and Wartime paper drives decimated those held by cinemas making them quite rare.