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Auction History Result 1b612 UNKNOWN WC '27 great art of knife thrower Lon Chaney with sexy assistant Joan Crawford! Date Sold 3/24/2011 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Unfolded Window Card Movie Poster (WC; measures 14" x 22" [36 x 56 cm]) (Learn More) The Unknown, the classic 1927 Tod Browning silent bizarre circus romantic revenge melodrama (Tod Browning is best remembered for "Freaks", but this movie is equally outrageous, and maybe even more bizarre!; Chaney is a knife thrower in a circus, who advertises himself as the "Armless Wonder", because he throws his knives with his feet, but he actually does have arms, he just cleverly keeps them hidden under his costume!; his assistant, who he throws knives at, is beautiful Joan Crawford, and she can't bear to be touched by any man, which makes her comfortable around Chaney; Chaney kills the circus manager, and he is witnessed stabbing the man by Crawford, but she only saw his hand, so to cover up the crime, Chaney gets a doctor to actually amputate his arms, which will prove that he could not have stabbed the man, plus he thinks it will mean Crawford will finally make love to him, but he finds that she has fallen for the circus strong man, and Chaney tries to kill the strong man, but being armless, he ends up dead himself!) starring Lon Chaney Sr., Joan Crawford, Norman Kerry, Nick De Ruiz, and John George 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 window card was never folded. Often window cards would be folded across the middle, because that would make them 11" x 14", and they could then be sent with standard folded posters. Most collectors put an added value on a window card that has never been folded. Condition: fair to good. There is a 3" tear near the middle of the left border. There is a semi-circular tear and crease in the center of the bottom border. There are some small areas of paper loss in the left and bottom borders. There is staining and paper loss in the top of the card, but fortunately, it is only the top play dates area that is affected. There was a small rectangular area that was separated in the top left border (extending into the edge of the play dates area), and it was re-attached with a small piece of tape from the reverse. A talented restorer could restore the above defects and after proper restoration, the card would look fantastic. Learn More about condition grades 
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