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Auction History Result 5h0079 CAT PEOPLE WC 1942 Val Lewton classic, full-length art of sexy Simone Simon & giant feline! Date Sold 10/29/2023 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Unfolded Movie Window Card (WC; measures 14" x 22" [36 x 56 cm]) (Learn More) Cat People, the classic 1942 Jacques Tourneur human-feline romantic horror thriller ("She was one of the dreaded 'Cat People' -- doomed to slink and prowl and court by night... fearing always that a lover's kiss might change her into a snarling, clawing Killer!"; "She was marked with the curse of those who slink and court and kill by night!"; "A kiss could change her into a monstrous fang-and-claw killer!"; "To kiss her meant death by her own fangs and claws!"; "Beautiful, warm, glamorous by day, she dared not love - for her kisses might change to snarls, her embraces to the death grips of the awful 'Cat People' who stalk and strike by night! ... The Strangest Story You Ever Tried To Get Out Of Your Dreams!"; "Pretty Girl - Black Beast - They're One!"; "Written by DeWitt Bodeen"; produced by Val Lewton) starring Simone Simon, Kent Smith, Tom Conway, Jane Randolph, Jack Holt, and Mary Halsey. Note that when this movie was first announced by RKO Pictures in 1942, it was called "The Cat People" in the first trade ads, but it was released simply as "Cat People". 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 any posters from the first release of this classic movie are extremely rare and expensive (we have previously auctioned six examples of this first release window card, but only one in the last 10 years). Perhaps that was because there was a re-release which was made just ten years after the original, and probably whatever original 1942 paper was still around in 1952 was used up during that re-release, which would help explain why so little original 1942 movie paper still survives! Condition: very good. Note that the card has a faint vertical smudge that is 1/4" wide in Simon's waist. It has creases and a tiny water stain in the top left blank corner. There is a very light diagonal crease running from the top left corner down through the top of the "P" of "PEOPLE" and going just above the hair of Simone Simon, and through the tagline at right. This crease is truly VERY faint, and you really have to look to see it. There are two thumbnail creases in the solid blue area below the "A" and "T" of "CAT" and a couple of creases in the white background above the word "Produced" at lower left. There is a semi-circular crease in the "rod" of "Produced" that extends into the "V" of "VAL" and the "L" of "LEWTON". Other than the above truly very minor and not noticeable defects, the card is in quite nice condition, and it has never had any sort of restoration or tape repair! Learn More about condition grades 
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