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Auction History Result 4z0199 TEST PILOT WC 1938 Clark Gable, Myrna Loy, Spencer Tracy, written by Howard Hawks, very rare! Date Sold 7/9/2020 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Unfolded Movie Window Card (WC; measures 14" x 22" [36 x 56 cm]) (Learn More) Test Pilot, the 1938 Victor Fleming military Army airplane aviation pilot romantic melodrama ("MGM's Greatest All-Star Thrill-Romance"; "Original Story by Frank Wead"; written by Howard Hawks; nominated for the Best Picture Academy Award; about a devil-may-care test pilot who has a best friend who is his mechanic, and when they make an emergency landing in a corn field, the pilot sweeps the proverbial "farmer's daughter" off her feet!) starring Clark Gable ("'King' of the screen Greater than in 'San Francisco'!"), Myrna Loy ("'Queen' of the screen Greater than in 'After the Thin Man'!"), Spencer Tracy ("Academy Award Winner Greater than in 'Captains Courageous'!"), Lionel Barrymore, Samuel S. Hinds, Marjorie Main, and Virginia Grey. Note that this was one of three movies that Gable and Tracy starred in as best friends (the other two are "San Francisco" and "Boom Town"), and all three are highly enjoyable and have aged really well, and the chemistry between the two men appears to have extended beyond their onscreen time! 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 we have only previously auctioned two examples of this window card, and the last one was 18 years ago! Also note that the card measures very slightly under 14" x 22" (an extremely tiny amount in each direction!) and has no left, right, or bottom blank borders, but it has NOT been trimmed (this was done at a time when MGM was experimenting with having as few borders as possible). Condition: good. The card was once glued to some kind of backing, and it was removed from that, and it turned the back of the card a dark brown, and there are also many dried glue stains on the back. The staining shows on the front in the outer edge of the right border and slightly in the top edge of the top border, but otherwise does not affect the front. There are two tiny circular holes in the top blank area and three tiny holes in Tracy's credit, with one in the left of the "P" of "Pilot". There is tiny surface paper loss in the background between Loy and Gable, with the tiniest of bits of surface paper loss in their faces. There are three tiny bits of surface paper loss in Tracy's face and some in the credits between him and Loy. Obviously, this card has many defects, but it also will respond well to restoration by a talented restorer, and it will only need restoration in the exact areas described above. After proper restoration, it will display wonderfully, and have little paint anywhere on the card. Learn More about condition grades 
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