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Auction History Result 7a0394 IRON HORSE WC 1925 John Ford, art of George O'Brien & Bellamy on train tracks, ultra rare! Date Sold 12/27/2020 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Unfolded Movie Window Card (WC; measures 13 3/4" x 21 3/4" [35 x 55 cm]) (Learn More) The Iron Horse, the 1924 John Ford silent transcontinental railroad train Native American Indian historical adventure romantic epic ("Blazing the trail of love and civilization"; "A Romantic Picture of the East and West"; "Three Years in the Making"; "By Charles Kenyon and John Russell"; about the first efforts to create a transcontinental railroad, with savage Indians who ambush the train builders, and many subplots; the movie includes elements of the real first transcontinental railroad) starring George O'Brien, Madge Bellamy, Charles Edward Bull (as Abraham Lincoln), Cyril Chadwick, Will Walling, George Waggner (as Buffalo Bill), Chief John Big Tree, J. Farrell MacDonald, and Jack Padjan (as Wild Bill Hickok). Note that major silent movies at this time were given exclusive showings in either just New York City, or in just a few major cities, where they would charge much higher ticket prices (and people could either pay those higher prices or wait a year or more for the movie to make it to regular theaters). This is one of those movies, and all existing first release posters from it say "Direct from one year's run in New York" on them. We don't know if there were any regular posters created for that initial New York run, and it seems likely that whatever was created would have been "one of a kind", because they would only have been used at that one theater. 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 posters from this movie are incredibly rare! We have only auctioned a one-sheet (27 years ago for $2,070), and two six-sheets, and the last six-sheet we auctioned sold for a staggering $50,388! This window card has a completely different image from those posters, and we have never auctioned it before! Condition: very good. The window card has stains and surface paper loss and some small paper loss in the top blank area. It has a tiny bit of surface paper loss in the lower right of the image. The card originally had staining on the back of the card that affected the front in the top area and in the top background areas of the heart. Someone put some tape on the back of part of the top left corner where there were tears but otherwise left the card as it is. It can be displayed just as it is or certainly restoration could be performed. Learn More about condition grades 
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