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Auction History Result 7j1049 I'LL TAKE ROMANCE WC 1937 Melvyn Douglas & Grace Moore at her gay and gorgeous best, rare! Date Sold 2/2/2021 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) I'll Take Romance, the 1937 Edward H. Griffith romantic opera musical ("The merriest Moore show ever to Grace the screen!"; "Grace Moore at her gay and gorgeous best!"; "The gayest and grandest of all Grace Moore shows! Bubbling over with fun! Rippling with rhythm! Throbbing with romance! Sparkling with stars!"; "Light-hearted melody... gay lilting laughter... her grandest romance!"; "Gay, lilting laughter... light-hearted song... a star-studded swingtime romance!"; about an opera singer who is supposed to appear in Buenos Aires, Argentina, but she refuses to go there, and they hire a suave playboy to try to get her to fall in love with him, so she'll go there after all, but to nobody's surprise, they end up really falling in love) starring Grace Moore, Melvyn Douglas, Helen Westley, Stuart Erwin, and Margaret Hamilton 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 one example of this window card, and that was 11 years ago. 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: good. Prior to paperbacking, the window card had stains and smudges scattered throughout, with some tears and paper loss around the edges. Overall, the window card was in good condition prior to paperbacking. Given the poster's many defects, the restorer did a pretty nice job, but you can clearly see signs of the above defects and the restoration of the above defects. Learn More about condition grades 
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