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Auction History Result 6r204 ROOKIES WC '27 art of soldiers Arthur & Dane leering at beautiful sexy flapper Marceline Day! Date Sold 8/20/2009 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Window Card Movie Poster (WC; measures approximately 14" x 22") (Learn More) Rookies, the 1927 Sam Wood silent military slapstick comedy ("Story and continuity by Byron Morgan"; made after the success of "Behind the Front" with Wallace Beery and Raymond Hatton, this movie also had a large man and a small man in a screwball military setting, and it was a huge success, leading to a long time pairing of the two stars) starring George K. Arthur, Karl Dane, Marceline Day, Louise Lorraine, Frank Currier, and E.H. Calvert. Note that Karl Dane and George K. Arthur appeared in two of the same movies in the mid-1920s, and then in 1927, MGM paired the huge Dane with the diminutive Arthur as a comedy team in this film, and they were a huge hit, and over the next four years, they appeared in a total of 17 comedies as a Laurel & Hardy-like slapstick comedy team. But Dane had a very thick accent, and he could not make the transition to sound movies, and he had a few bit parts given to him by friends, but by 1934, he was washed up, and he bought a hot dog cart which he displayed outside of the MGM gates! Apparently, he reasonably found this extremely depressing, and he soon committed suicide. The following year, Arthur retired from movies and became a Broadway producer among other careers, and he lived until 1985, when he was 86 years old! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Important Added Info: Note that the card measures very slightly under 14" x 22" (an extremely tiny amount in each direction!) and has next-to-no left, right, or bottom blank borders, but it has NOT been trimmed (this was done at a time when MGM was experimenting with having as few borders as possible). This window card was never folded. Often window cards would be folded across the middle, because that would make them 11" x 14", and they could then be sent with standard folded posters. Most collectors put an added value on a window card that has never been folded. Condition: good to very good. There are creases and tiny tears in the bottom border and larger creases in the bottom left corner, extending into Day's legs. There are some brown water stains in the bottom center of the card and some scattered in the top background area. Other than the above, the card is in pretty good condition! Learn More about condition grades 
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