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Auction History Result 8y074 TAXI DANCER WC '27 wonderful stone litho of sexy young Joan Crawford dancing for admirers! Date Sold 12/10/2009 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) The Taxi Dancer, the 1927 Henry F. Millarde silent New York City Roaring '20s romantic gambling dancing comedy ("She'll dance with you at so much per dance!"; "From the story by Robert Terry Shannon"; about a beautiful poor southern girl who goes to New York City to become a professional dancer, but she can't find work, so she ends up becoming a taxi dancer in a gambling club, and gets a boyfriend who is a professional gambler; she thinks she meets a rich man who will take her out of this dive, but he turns out to be a thief and murderer, and she returns to her gambler boyfriend) starring Joan Crawford, Owen Moore, Marc McDermott, Gertrude Astor, Rockliffe Fellowes, and Douglas Gilmore. Note that the phrase "taxi dancer" was a Roaring '20s phrase and refers to a 10-cents-a-dance type dancer, who dancers with men for money, and each dance lasts for a set amount of time, and then they must pay again, much like when you are being driven in a taxi! Also note that this movie was very early in Crawford's career. She had had a few major roles before this, but they were supporting to the lead male actor, and this was her first movie where she was the headliner. But she was still so relatively not a major draw to the general public that MGM did not even put her name on this window card (although they did put a wonderfully sexy image of her!). 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. The card was found inside of a frame as a backing board and 1" had been trimmed off of the top and bottom edges, and roughly 2" had been trimmed from the right edge (this affected the right edge of the "I" of "TAXI" and the right half of the "R" of "DANCER", plus the ends of the words beneath it, and most of the figure of the man at lower right). The card was folded across the middle. A very talented restorer paperbacked the card and re-created the missing top and bottom 1", and also the missing right 2", using a complete example of the card as a guide. They did it extremely well, and I think many people would not realize the extent of the restoration unless it was specifically shown to them. But please do not bid on this card unless you have carefully read the above and can accept the extensive restoration this card has had. Learn More about condition grades 
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