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Auction History Result 6b0154 CELEBRITY WC 1928 c/u of Lina Basquette, boxer Robert Armstrong in the ring, ultra rare! Date Sold 3/12/2024 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Unfolded Movie Window Card (WC; measures 14" x 17" [36 x 43 cm]) (Learn More) Celebrity, the 1928 Tay Garnett silent boxing sports newspaper journalism romantic melodrama ("From the stage play by Willard Keefe"; a clever story that has twists on the standard boxing plots that were old even in 1928; the young boxer is managed by a man who hires a mother and daughter to pose as the boxer's beloved mother and girlfriend, and he hires an ex-newspaperman to write poems that the boxer, Kid Reagan, signs his name to, and that gets him a lot of publicity, which earns him a title match; but the boxer falls in love with his pretend girlfriend, and his manager convinces her to walk out on him just before the championship fight, but that causes him to want to win even more, and he does win the fight, and he has won the girl for real) starring Lina Basquette, Robert Armstrong, Clyde Cook, Dot Farley, and Jack Perry. Note that it is probably hard to believe for those who saw Robert Armstrong in King Kong in 1933, where he played the aged movie director, but in this movie, he is the young boxer, Kid Reagan, and silent comedian Clyde Cook plays his manager! 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 ANY movie paper from this movie is incredibly rare. We have only previously auctioned a six-sheet (9 years ago, when it sold for $2,422!) from this movie (and NO other movie paper) until we received this window card! Also note that this poster has been trimmed and it now measures 14" x 17" [36 x 43 cm]. Condition: good. The poster was trimmed to 14" x 17". There are tears, creases, and stains around the edges. There is a horizontal tear in the lower left and a vertical tear in the bottom center that extends into the credits, and both have tape on the back, and there is also tape on the back of all the borders, where the card was attached to a mat. Please bear this in mind before bidding on this ultra rare window card. Learn More about condition grades 
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