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Auction History Result 5p0325 WATERLOO BRIDGE 1/2sh 1931 prostitute Mae Clarke, Robert E. Sherwood, James Whale, ultra rare! Date Sold 12/19/2023 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Unfolded Half-Sheet Movie Poster (1/2sh; measures 22" x 28" [56 x 71 cm]) (Learn More) Waterloo Bridge, the 1931 James Whale pre-Code World War I (WWI) military romantic prostitute soldier melodrama ("The picture of the year!"; "The dramatic sensation of the year!"; "from Robert E. Sherwood's great stage success"; about a former chorus girl in London who is forced into prostitution, and she picks up an innocent soldier on the title bridge, and he falls in love with her, and she sees a chance to escape her life, but after talking to his mother, she decides she would be no good for him, and she leaves, but he tracks her down!) starring Mae Clarke, Douglass Montgomery (billed as "Kent Douglass"), Doris Lloyd, Bette Davis (in her third movie, she is 4th billed, and she would soon become a leading lady, and the following year she had her great breakthrough in "The Cabin in the Cotton"), Enid Bennett, and Frederick Kerr. Note that just about everyone thinks this forgotten version of this movie is superior to the 1940 MGM version starring Vivien Leigh and Robert Taylor. That is partially because this pre-Code version is able to be very open about Mae Clarke's profession, but also partly because it was directed by the great James Whale, who went on to create perhaps the finest horror movie ever filmed, The Bride of Frankenstein! 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 original movie paper of any sort from this first version of Robert Sherwood's play is extremely scarce! We have only previously auctioned one example of this half-sheet, and that was 15 years ago, when it sold for $2,200. That poster has now been reconsigned to us, so this is still the only example we have ever auctioned! Note that the poster was never machine folded, and it acquired a vertical crease and a second partial vertical crease from being roughly handled while being rolled. So we would prefer to not roll this poster and instead send it in a large flat package, but we will roll it if the new owner insists. Condition: good to very good. The poster was never machine folded. At some point, it acquired a vertical crease down the right center and a partial vertical crease down the left center, in Clarke's cheek and shoulder. It also has creases and smudges around the edges, with a few faint smudges and creases scattered in the image. It has small paper loss in the top right blank corner, with creases and a few tiny tears in parts of the blank borders. The poster was apparently framed and there are two pieces of conservation tape on the back of the top corners, but they were not put there for a restoration purpose. Other than the paper tape described above, the poster has had no restoration, and certainly, this very rare poster can be displayed and enjoyed as it is, or one can choose to have any restoration performed, but that will be the choice of the new owner! Learn More about condition grades 
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