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Auction History Result 6h0206 RUNAWAY French 1p 1926 R. Huoy art of young Clara Bow & Warner Baxter by horse, ultra rare! Date Sold 4/14/2024 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Folded French One-Panel "Grande" Movie Poster (1p; measures 46 3/4" x 63 1/4" [119 x 161 cm]) (Learn More) The Runaway, the 1926 William C. de Mille silent movie acting hillbilly romantic screwball comedy (Bow is a Hollywood actress who thinks she has killed another actor, so she hides in the remote Kentucky mountains, and finds herself the object of affection of two local citizens) starring Clara Bow, Warner Baxter, George Bancroft, William Powell, and Edythe Chapman. Note that Warner Baxter was born in 1889, and in the early 1920s he rose to prominence in silent movies, becoming a major star of the 1920s, while he was in his 30s. He won the Oscar for Best Actor as The Cisco Kid in "In Old Arizona" in 1929, and he remained a top star throughout the 1930s! Also, note that this is a "lost" film which means that no surviving copies are thought to exist. 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. Also, note that this is a "lost" film which means that no surviving copies are thought to exist. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Artist: R. Houy Important Added Info: Note that we have only previously auctioned one example of this French poster, and that example has now been reconsigned to us, so this is still the only example we have ever auctioned! Not only are all pre-World War II French posters rare (see below), but French posters from silent movies are even more rare, especially ones with major stars like this one! This is an extremely rare pre-World War II French poster! Virtually no French posters survive from before, during, or right after World War II. Apparently there were many paper shortages in France during World War II, resulting in the destruction of almost all pre-World War II posters! Also note that this is a "country of origin" poster for this French movie! Condition: good. The poster has some stains and darkening on the parts of the back that were on the outside when it was fully folded. It has some stains, tiny tears, and tiny paper loss on parts of several folds and in parts of the borders. Learn More about condition grades 
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