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Auction History Result 2b050 CHINA SEAS WC 1935 Clark Gable, Jean Harlow & Wallace Beery in love triangle, very rare! Date Sold 12/10/2019 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Folded Movie Window Card (WC; measures 14" x 22" [36 x 56 cm]) (Learn More) China Seas, the 1935 Tay Garnett Shanghai romantic love triangle high seas action adventure thriller (a pretty wild story of a captain of a steamship bound from China to Shanghai with a cargo of gold, and his floozy girlfriend "China Doll" is along on the voyage, but he meets his former girlfriend, a classy English widow, and he starts romancing her, which makes his girlfriend jealous, so she plots with her buddy to rob the gold, and the captain is almost killed, and the buddy commits suicide, and the widow realizes the captain loves his girlfriend, even though she tried to kill him, so the widow leaves, and the girlfriend is arrested, and the captain philosophically prepares for another voyage!) starring Clark Gable, Jean Harlow, Wallace Beery, Lewis Stone, Rosalind Russell, Dudley Digges, and C. Aubrey Smith. Note that the classy English widow was played by Rosalind Russell. She had been signed by MGM the year before, and had played minor roles in several MGM movies. The following year, she got some starring roles, and she would become one of MGM's leading actresses of the 1940s, and one of their most successful actresses during World War II! 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 two examples of this window card, and only one in the last 19 years! Note that the card measures very slightly under 14" x 22" (an extremely tiny amount in each direction!) and has no left, right, or bottom blank borders, but it has NOT been trimmed (this was done at a time when MGM was experimenting with having as few borders as possible). Also note that the window card was partially folded across the center at one time. Because completely folding the card would make the fold more significant, we won't re-fold the window card prior to mailing, because re-folding the window card would lessen its condition. It will be sent in a flat package unfolded, so bear that in mind before bidding on it. Condition: very good to fine. Someone once partially folded the card across the middle, and then apparently thought better of it, because it is not a complete fold. There are creases in that area. There are tiny faint stains in the "B" of "GABLE" and the second "E" of "BEERY". There is a faint scuff mark in Gable's cheek and tiny surface paper loss in the lower left border. Other than the above, the card is in really nice condition, and the colors are very bright and fresh! Learn More about condition grades 
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