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Auction History Result 4s240 MOULIN ROUGE WC '34 sexy entertainer Constance Bennett plays identical twins, deco design! Date Sold 4/14/2009 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Paperbacked Window Card Movie Poster (WC; measures 14" x 22") (Learn More) Moulin Rouge, the 1934 Sidney Lanfield Paris France identical twin romantic musical comedy (nominated for the Best Picture Academy Award; "A Darryl F. Zanuck Production"; about identical twin French entertainers, and one of them is married, and her husband wants her to quit working, so she switches places with her unmarried sister, and then the husband goes to see the person he thinks is his sister-in-law, but it is really his wife, and she tries to get him to cheat on her with her sister, who is really her!) starring Constance Bennett (in a dual role as identical twins!), Franchot Tone, Tullio Carminati, Helen Westley, and Lucille Ball (in one of her early uncredited roles!) 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 this poster has been paperbacked. What is paperbacking? This means the poster was backed onto a light paper backing (acid-free), that is similar in feel to that of the original poster (it means that the poster must be handled carefully, as the backing does not give it much added strength, but it is similar to having an unrestored poster, and yet it has been properly preserved). It is a similar process to linenbacking, except that most collectors use linenbacking for one-sheets and paperbacking for half-sheets, inserts, window cards. Condition: good. The poster had pinholes, creases, tears, and some areas of paper loss around the edges of the poster and creases, smudges, scuffs, and a few pinholes scattered throughout the image, and throughout the yellow background. Overall, the poster was in good condition prior to paperbacking. The poster was well backed by a talented restorer, who did not touch up many of the faint smudges and scuffs that are throughout the poster (and I agree with that decision, because to do so would have required lots of paint, which would have given the poster a "heavily restored" look, and I don't feel the smudges and scuffs are all that distracting from a reasonable viewing distance, and they help establish that this is a genuine 75 year-old original poster!). Obviously, one would prefer to find an example of this window card that had no defects or restoration, but I do not know if another example of this card exists (or if it does, if the owner would consider parting with it!). Learn More about condition grades 
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