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Auction History Result 7a0218 DINNER AT 8 jumbo WC 1933 Jean Harlow, John & Lionel Barrymore, Dressler, Beery, ultra rare! Date Sold 12/27/2020 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Jumbo Movie Window Card (WC; measures 22" x 28" [56 x 71 cm]) (Learn More) Dinner at Eight, the classic 1933 George Cukor New York City high society romantic comedy ("Greatest entertainment ever offered by stage or screen"; "From the Sam H. Harris stage play by George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber"; about a rich couple who throw a dinner for a group of very different New York society types, and young Jean Harlow steals the show as the trophy girlfriend of rich Wallace Beery) starring Marie Dressler, John Barrymore, Wallace Beery, Jean Harlow, Lee Tracy, Lionel Barrymore, Edmund Lowe, Billie Burke, Madge Evans, Jean Hersholt, Karen Morley, and Phillips Holmes. Note that Phillips Holmes had made an impression in some movies in the late 1920s. In 1931, he would get the lead in the first version of "An American Tragedy", which made it seem like he would become a major star, but that didn't materialize. He had a major affair with Libby Holman, but that was certainly complicated, and when they broke up, she immediately married his brother! Oddly, years later, Holman would have another very complicated affair with Montgomery Clift, who played the same part in the remake of "An American Tragedy", re-titled "A Place in the Sun". Sadly, Holmes died in a plane crash in 1942. I am very surprised no one has made a movie about his life, or a joint movie about him and Libby Holman! 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 we have only previously auctioned two examples of this jumbo window card! Note that this poster can't possibly be rolled, and must be sent in a large flat package that measures approximately 24" x 30" (but it can be combined with other posters the same size, including ones that could be rolled). Please bear the expense of a large package in mind before bidding on this poster. Condition: fair to good. The poster had much light water staining scattered throughout. It had an uneven 2" tear in the top right, at the top of the yellow background area. It had some creases, smudges, and scuffs, scattered throughout, and there was some surface paper loss in the "W" of "Wallace" in the credits. There were many stains scattered in Harlow's image at left and some stains and darkening scattered in the headshot images at right. Someone lightly bleached the card, which reduced the extent of the stains, but did not remove them. They put a piece of tape on the back of the tear in the upper right and did paint restoration to the surface paper loss in the "W" described above. Otherwise, they left the card as it is. Certainly, one could have a top restorer perform restoration to the card, but bear all of the above in mind before bidding on it. Learn More about condition grades 
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