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Auction History Result 6c188 RAVEN WC 1935 art of uncanny master of makeup Boris Karloff, Bela Dracula Lugosi, ultra rare! Date Sold 5/3/2018 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Paperbacked Window Card Movie Poster (WC; measures 14" x 22" [36 x 56 cm]) (Learn More) Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven, the classic 1935 Lew Landers (billed as "Louis Friedlander") Universal horror thriller ("An adaption of Edgar Allen Poe's The Raven"; VERY loosely based on the famous poem by Edgar Allan Poe; about a crazy plastic surgeon who saves a girl's life, but is rejected by her so he mutilates the face of a criminal to have him kidnap the girl after which he promises to restore the criminal's face!) starring Boris Karloff ("The uncanny master of make-up in a new amazing shocker"), Bela Lugosi (billed as "Bela 'Dracula' Lugosi"), Irene Ware, Lester Matthews, Inez Courtney, Samuel S. Hinds, Ian Wolfe, Spencer Charters, Maidel Turner, and Arthur Hoyt 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 first release movie posters from this classic 1935 Universal horror movie have always been incredibly rare! In 1998, we were consigned a title card and four scenes (which are about as rare as the posters!), and in 2001, we were consigned one more lobby card, but since that time, we have not been consigned any lobby cards or posters, until now, when we have been consigned this window card, which is the ONLY first release poster from this movie we have ever auctioned. Also note that this poster has been paperbacked. What is paperbacking? This means the poster was backed onto a heavy paper backing (acid-free), that is similar in feel to that of the original poster (except heavier). It is a similar process to linenbacking, except that most collectors use linenbacking for one-sheets and paperbacking for half-sheets, inserts, window cards, and lobby cards. What IS paperbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: fair to good. Prior to paperbacking, the window card had been trimmed to 12" x 16" (it had likely been found in a frame). 2" was missing down the left side of the card and 6" was missing from the top of the card (but of course, 4 1/4" of the missing area at the top was the blank play dates area, and 1/2" of the missing area from the left of the card was the blank border). This affected the left of the girl's face and her hair, slightly affecting her eyebrow but not her eye, and it affected the bottom small credits. It also affected the "Th" of "The" in the title, and affected the left side of Karloff's face, but not his eye or mouth. The paper loss at the top affected the entire top tagline and part of Karloff's forehead, and all of his hair, and also the "Carl Laemmle presents", but not the word "KARLOFF". In addition to being trimmed, the card had a diagonal tear running across the center of Karloff's face, going through his nose and mouth, and the edge of his right eye. There was a 2" tear running from the middle of his lip through the left side of his lip. Overall, the window card was in fair condition prior to paperbacking. A skilled restorer expertly recreated the missing areas (using the pressbook image as a guide), and they also performed restoration to the defects described above. The card displays well from any reasonable viewing distance, and I would think most people would not be aware of the amount of restoration the card has had. Obviously, one would prefer to find an example of this card that had not been trimmed, but given the incredibly scarcity of any posters from this movie, it might be a very, very long wait before another example of this card can be located. However, please bear in mind the defects the card had and look at our super-sized image before bidding on it. Learn More about condition grades 
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