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Auction History Result 4s231 MISSISSIPPI WC '35 art of Bing Crosby, Joan Bennett, W.C. Fields with cigar & riverboat! 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) Mississippi, the 1935 A. Edward Sutherland romantic love triangle musical riverboat gambling comedy ("From the play by Booth Tarkington"; about an Eastern singer who falls in love with a Southern belle, and she has another suitor who challenges him to a duel, but he refuses, and she wants nothing to do with him because he is a coward; later, he gets a singing job on a riverboat run by W.C. Fields, and he accidentally kills a tough man, and the boat owner bills him as "The Singing Killer", and now the girl will have nothing to do with him because she thinks he is a killer!) starring Bing Crosby, W.C. Fields, Joan Bennett, Queenie Smith, John Miljan, Gail Patrick, Fred Kohler, Claude Gillingwater, "and the Cabin Kids" 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 to very good. The poster had pinholes, creases, tears, and some areas of paper loss around the edges of the poster and some creases, smudges, scuffs, and a few pinholes scattered throughout the image, more so in the hat worn by Fields. There was writing in the top yellow area. 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 (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, and they help establish that this is a genuine 74 year-old original poster!), but the restorer did re-paint over the top blank yellow area and much of the blank borders. 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!). This card has had expert restoration and displays nicely. Learn More about condition grades 
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