eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result #1624 WINGS B WC 1929 Clara Bow, Gary Cooper Date Sold 7/29/2003Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original 1929 Vintage Theatrical Style B 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: Note that this classic movie was first released in 1927. It received a major re-release in 1929, with all new posters. It is pretty easy to differentiate the 1929 posters from the 1927 posters, because in the 1929 release Gary Cooper (who had become a major star during those two years) was given billing equal to Buddy Rogers and Richard Arlen. Condition: fair to good. The entire card is darkened and stained (more so down the right half of the card and on the back of the card). It is rippled throughout. It is fragile and there are brown water stains that are visible around the edges of the card and down the right side of the image (there are some in the left side in the "W" of "WINGS" and in the "OW" of "BOW"). There are stains, smudges, and a few creases throughout the card. There is a 1" circular area of paper loss in the upper left of the image area. Obviously this rare and desirable window card could be restored by a talented professional and it would look great, but please do not bid on this window card unless you can accept it as is or are willing to have it restored. Learn More about condition grades
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