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Auction History Result z368 VIRGINIAN paperbacked window card movie poster R35 Gary Cooper, Huston Date Sold 11/27/2007Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. A 1935 Re-release Vintage Theatrical Paperbacked Window Card Movie Poster (measures 14" x 22") (Learn More) The Virginian, the 1929 Victor Fleming Wyoming romantic love triangle rancher cowboy western ("Paramount's Outdoor Romance"; "See and Hear This 100% All Talking Picture"; "Based upon the novel and play by Owen Wister and Kirk LaShelle"; about a foreman of a Wyoming ranch, who brings a friend out to work for him, but then both fall in love with the same woman, and when she chooses the foreman, his friend joins the gang of the evil Trampas, and he is caught, and the foreman is in charge of lynching him!) starring Gary Cooper (in the title role as The Virginian), Walter Huston (as Trampas), Richard Arlen, Mary Brian, and Helen Ware. It was in this movie that Gary Cooper plays in a poker game, and one of the gamblers insults him, and Cooper puts his gun on the table and says "If you want to call me that... smile". Also note that this movie was made at the time when sound movies were first taking hold, and it was made in both an entirely silent version and a "100% all-talking" version (so that theaters that did not have the new sound equipment could still show the movie), and two entirely different sets of posters were made, one set for the silent version, and one set for the sound version (and those posters all have the tagline "See and Hear This 100% All Talking Picture"). Finally, note that very few people are likely aware that this is not the FIRST movie version of this novel (there had been a previous version in 1923). 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 early talking movie was given a full scale re-release in 1935 with all new poster art and new lobby cards, and this window card is from that 1935 re-release! Also note that this poster has been paperbacked. What is paperbacking? This means the poster was backed onto a paper backing (acid-free), that is similar in feel to that of the original poster (except somewhat heavier). It is a similar process to linenbacking, except that most collectors use linenbacking for one-sheets and paperbacking for half-sheets, inserts, window cards, and lobby cards. Condition: good to very good. Prior to paperbacking, the window card had smudges, tiny surface paper loss, and some tears across the center 8" of the poster, with a lesser amount of smudges and tiny surface paper loss in the rest of the poster, including several in the lower part of Cooper and Brian's face, and in the upper half of Huston's face. The person who paperbacked the card did some touch up to those areas, but it is still somewhat noticeable, even from a distance. If I owned this card, I would likely have a professional restorer perform additional touch up to those areas, without re-backing the card. Learn More about condition grades 
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