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Auction History Result 8m375 RED HAIR WC '28 sexy gold-digging manicurist Clara Bow wants a rich husband! Date Sold 6/10/2014 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) Red Hair, the 1928 Clarence G. Badger silent romantic comedy (based on the novel "by Elinor Glyn"; about a manicurist who wants to find a rich husband, and when her boyfriends find out she is just a gold digger, they tell her off at a fancy party, and she responds by throwing down the jewels and fancy gown she was given, and jumping in a swimming pool!) starring Clara Bow (as Bubbles McCoy, "a cute little cuticle cutter"), Lane Chandler, William Austin, Jacqueline Gadsden, and Lawrence Grant. Note that this is a "lost" film which means that only fragments of the film are thought to exist (including the only surviving footage of Clara Bow in Technicolor). Note that Clara Bow was the most famous "flapper girl" of the mid to late 1920s (she became known as "The It Girl" after the character she played based on the popular novel by Elinor Glyn). She had a major role in Wings, and was Paramount's biggest star at that time. But she had a notorious private life and seemingly "settled down" when she married cowboy star Rex Bell in 1931 (she had two children and she retired from movies), but sadly in 1949 she went into a mental institution after a failed suicide attempt (she had had psychiatric issues for quite some time) and she was released but never returned to her family, and lived alone until her death in 1965. 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: good. The card had stains and remnants of a snipe in the top blank area, with some paper loss in the right of the top blank area. There was a nail hole near the center of the image (in Bow's shoulder) and two in the blank white background area to the right of her cheek. There were many stains around the edges of the card. Some long ago restorer put a 2" piece of linen on the back of the top of the card, and did some repair to the front of that area, and they also put tape on the back of the three nail holes described above. They did some paint touch up around the edges of the card, which likely blended well decades ago, but is now quite noticeable. I would think many collectors could display this card just as it is (although its defects around the edges are quite noticeable), or certainly, a restorer could perform any degree of restoration the new owner wanted, but please read our description above and look at our super-sized image before placing a bid on this extremely rare poster. Learn More about condition grades 
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