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Auction History Result 6b0153 CAPTAIN BLOOD heavily trimmed WC 1935 Alex Raymond art of Errol Flynn & De Havilland, rare! Date Sold 3/12/2024 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Window Card (WC; measures 10 1/2" x 10 1/2" [27 x 27 cm]) (Learn More) Captain Blood, the classic 1935 Michael Curtiz (nominated for the Best Director Academy Award for this film) Jamaica romantic swashbuckling high seas pirate ship ocean adventure thriller ("Caps the all!"; "By Rafael Sabatini"; nominated for the Best Picture Academy Award) starring Errol Flynn (in the title role as Irish doctor Peter Blood), Olivia De Havilland, Basil Rathbone, Ross Alexander, Guy Kibbee, Henry Stephenson, Robert Barrat, Hobart Cavanaugh, Lionel Atwill, George Hassell, and J. Carrol Naish. Note that Errol Flynn had had a few bit parts prior to this movie, but Robert Donat dropped out of this movie at the last minute, and Warner Bros. decided that Flynn was ready for stardom, and they sure were right! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Artist: Alex Raymond Important Added Info: Note that we once auctioned a complete example of this 1935 first release window card, and it sold for $840! But this window card has been heavily trimmed, and it now measures 10 1/2" x 10 1/2" [27 x 27 cm] (see our image). When I (Bruce Hershenson) was a major comic book dealer in the 1960s and 1970s, it was "common knowledge" in that hobby that legendary comic strip artist Alex Raymond (who had created the Flash Gordon newspaper cartoon strip) had done the distinctive artwork used on one style of half-sheet, the window card, and title card for this movie (which was during the time Raymond was drawing Flash Gordon for newspapers). The artwork is unsigned, and I never saw any absolute proof of this at that time. In 2006, an auction company auctioned the original art by Alex Raymond, but while they said it was by him, they did not offer any proof. We have not seen or heard of anyone disputing that Alex Raymond drew this art, but it would be very nice to have any sort of corroboration! If anyone knows more about this, please e-mail us and we will post it here. Condition: poor to fair. The window card was trimmed to a 10 1/2" circle (no doubt the theater that used it had a frame that size). Because we once before auctioned a complete example of this window card, we can provide the winner of this auction (and only the winner!) with a high quality scan of that complete window card, and it could then be used to restore this to its original glory! But bear its very major defect and the considerable cost of restoration in mind before bidding. Learn More about condition grades 
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