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Auction History Result 1j0006 ARIZONA BOUND 10x13 tear sheet 1927 Gary Cooper, great different montage art, ultra rare! Date Sold 1/18/2022 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Tear Sheet (measures 9 1/2" x 12 1/2" [24 x 32 cm]) (Learn More) Arizona Bound, the 1927 John Waters silent cowboy western ("Story by Richard Allen Gates"; young Gary Cooper plays a cowboy who cares about his horse and a pretty girl, in that order, but she doesn't think much of him, because he has no ambition, but after he stops gold robbers and saves her from being kidnapped, he wins both a reward and her love) starring Gary Cooper, Betty Jewel, El Brendel, Jack Dougherty, Christian J. Frank, and Charles Crockett. Note that Cooper had had a succession of bit parts before having a small but good supporting role in "The Winning of Barbara Worth" (starring Ronald Colman and Vilma Banky) the year before this movie, and someone at Paramount saw that movie and wisely saw the great potential in him, and signed him to star in this movie, and he was super well received! That same year, he also had a tiny role in "It", and an important small role in "Wings", and he quickly became a major star, but this was his very first starring role. 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. Important Added Info: Note that Vincent Trotta was Paramount Pictures' chief art director in the 1920s and 1930s. While he was an accomplished artist himself, he spent much of his career supervising the art created by other artists for the posters and ads used to promote Paramount Pictures, including many of their most famous ones (Metropolis is one!). What is offered in this auction is a "tear sheet" of an ad that Mr. Trotta designed. He would be sent these tear sheets to make any final changes, or to approve them as printed. Tear sheets from pre-World War II movies are extremely rare. Our consignor obtained this tear sheet (and four other tear sheets and five trade ad samples, which are similar) at one time when he purchased a collection. In addition to these ten items, there were two receipts, one from Warner's Features to Mr. Trotta and one from Famous Players-Lasky to Mr. Trotta, and our consignor asked us to picture these two items on the auction for the Metropolis tear sheet. We will be returning the letters to the consignor, but he wanted bidders to see them to make it clear that these ten items came directly from Mr. Trotta's estate. Condition: good to very good. There are some tears and paper loss in the right border and a little bit in the left of the top border, and the paper is fragile. Obviously, the new owner will likely either frame this as it is and then the blank borders won't show, or perhaps they will linenback it, but in either case, the border defects are not very significant at all. Learn More about condition grades 
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