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Auction History Result g699 WINGS window card movie poster '27 Clara Bow, Buddy Rogers, Arlen Date Sold 2/14/2006Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Window Card Movie Poster (measures 14" x 22") (Learn More) Wings, the 1927 William A. Wellman silent/talking World War I (WWI) military airplane aviation romantic thriller melodrama ("To those young warriors of the sky whose wings are folded about them forever in this motion picture is reverently dedicated."; "Story by John Monk Saunders"; winner of the Best Picture Academy Award) starring Clara Bow, Charles 'Buddy' Rogers, Richard Arlen, Arlette Marchal, Gary Cooper (in one of his first major roles!), Jobyna Ralston, El Brendel, Richard Tucker, and Roscoe Karns. Note that Arlette Marchal was a French actress who had some success in American silent films. She was fourth billed when this movie was first released in 1927, but likely she had great trouble speaking English, because when the movie had dialogue added in 1929, she was no longer billed at all! Also note that Clara Bow was the most famous "flapper girl" of the mid to late 1920s (she became known as "The It Girl" after the character she played based on the popular novel by Elinor Glyn). She had a major role in Wings, and was Paramount's biggest star at that time. But she had a notorious private life and seemingly "settled down" when she married cowboy star Rex Bell in 1931 (she had two children and she retired from movies), but sadly in 1949 she went into a mental institution after a failed suicide attempt (she had had psychiatric issues for quite some time) and she was released but never returned to her family, and lived alone until her death in 1965. 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: The window card was professionally paperbacked (it was removed from its original backing, and re-mounted on to a stiff backing board that is only slightly heavier in weight to that of the original card). Prior to paperbacking, the card had many creases, smudges, small tears, and tiny areas of paper loss in the bottom 6" of the card, and a much lesser amount in the top 2/3 of the card (although there was a fold at the top left of Bow's hair). There were creases, smudges, tears, and areas of paper loss around the edges of the card. The person who restored the card put new paper over the original borders, but it was very expertly done, and I think few people would realize it. The restoration in the image area was also expertly done. You can see signs of it when you look at the card close up and tilt it to the light, but from any distance away, the restoration is barely noticeable, and the card looks great! Condition: very good. Learn More about condition grades 
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