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Auction History Result 3w0757 FIGHTING HEART WC 1925 John Ford, great art of boxer George O'Brien & film reel, rare! Date Sold 3/19/2020 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Paperbacked Movie Window Card (WC; measures 14" x 22" [36 x 56 cm]) (Learn More) The Fighting Heart, the 1925 John Ford silent New York City romantic love triangle boxing sports melodrama ("From the novel 'Once to Every Man' by Larry Evens"; "A story of Resolution vs. The Gay White Way!"; "-Broadway Counts Him Out-"; about a young man from a small town whose girl is reluctant to marry him because all of his family are drunkards, and to prove his worth, he travels to New York to become a professional boxer, but he is beaten by the champ, who was from the same small town, but after the fight, the champ makes comments about the young man's girl, and the young man beats up the champ in the street, which wins him the love of his girl, and he happily returns to her in their small town!) starring George O'Brien, Billie Dove, J. Farrell MacDonald, Victor McLaglen, Diana Miller, Bert Woodruff, and James Marcus. Note that this is a "lost" film which means that no surviving copies are thought to exist. 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 window card, and only one in the last 15 years! The window card has a great litho art image of boxer O'Brien inside of a gigantic film reel with boxing images on it, and a society lady is counting over him, with the tagline "Broadway Counts Him Out"! 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: good to very good. Prior to paperbacking, around one half of the left, bottom, and right blank borders were trimmed off. There were creases, tears, and some stains around the edges, with an L-shaped tear starting in the left of the top border going down into the film reel, and then going to the right throught the bottom of the top oval within the reel. There were tears and small paper loss in the bottom right of the image and the bottom of O'Brien's arm. Overall, the window card was in good condition prior to paperbacking. The window card was pretty well backed, but you can see signs of the above defects and the restoration of the above defects. Learn More about condition grades 
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