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Auction History Result B333 WINGS linen one-sheet movie poster '28 Clara Bow, Gary Cooper Date Sold 3/16/2004Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked One-Sheet Movie Poster (29 1/2" x 45") (Learn More) Wings, the 1927 William A. Wellman silent/talking World War I (WWI) military airplane aviation romantic thriller melodrama ("To those young warriors of the sky whose wings are folded about them forever in this motion picture is reverently dedicated."; "Story by John Monk Saunders"; winner of the Best Picture Academy Award) starring Clara Bow, Charles 'Buddy' Rogers, Richard Arlen, Arlette Marchal, Gary Cooper (in one of his first major roles!), Jobyna Ralston, El Brendel, Richard Tucker, and Roscoe Karns. Note that Arlette Marchal was a French actress who had some success in American silent films. She was fourth billed when this movie was first released in 1927, but likely she had great trouble speaking English, because when the movie had dialogue added in 1929, she was no longer billed at all! Also 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 poster was produced by the "Buck Printing Company" in Boston. In the 1920s and 1930s, local printing companies would make posters for movies for use in theaters in their part of the country. Also note that the date at the top of the poster tells us that this poster is from 1928, when the movie went into general release. Note that Gary Cooper is one of the top billed stars. In 1927 he did NOT receive top billing, but between 1927 and 1928 he became a major star (partially due to his role in "Wings"). Condition: very good. This poster was well restored, but you can see signs of the restoration from inches away (since most people look at posters framed on a wall from at least a few feet away, we don't feel this is a defect, but we feel it should be noted). See below for this poster's pre-restoration condition (we are the only major auction company we know of that shares this information with our bidders, but we wish everyone did!). good to very good. The poster had tears, creases, smudges, and small areas of paper loss around the edges, and to a lesser extent, throughout the poster. The person who did the linenbacking pretty much just mounted the poster, leaving its minor defects as is. That person also did not leave any excess linen around the poster. Learn More about condition grades 
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