eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 6b457 OF MICE & MEN WC '40 different ad campaign pushing Betty Field as denying she's bad! Date Sold 3/24/2015Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Unfolded Window Card Movie Poster (WC; measures 14" x 17" [36 x 43 cm]) (Learn More) Of Mice and Men, the classic 1940 Lewis Milestone Depression era best-friends-trying-to-make-enough-to-live-a-good-life adventure melodrama ("Hollywood said it could never be made but now it's on the screen"; "I'm Lennie... I didn't mean to do no bad thing."; "I'm George... I always knowed Lennie would get us into a mess... A bad mess."; "I'm Mae... I'm straight, I tell you... Nobody's got no right to call me names."; "Sure I got a husband! He ain't never home. I got nobody to talk to... I got nobody to be with... I want to see somebody... Just see 'em and talk to 'em. I come from a nice home. I was brung up by nice people. I'm straight, I tell you. Nobody's Got No Right To Call Me Names!"; "The picture Hollywood said could never be made!"; "A mighty novel! A sensational stage success! Now! The year's most important picture!"; "A novel by John Steinbeck author of 'Grapes of Wrath'"; produced by Hal Roach; nominated for the Best Picture Academy Award) starring Burgess Meredith (as George), Betty Field (as Curly's wife, Mae), Lon Chaney Jr. (as Lennie), Bob Steele (as Curly), Charles Bickford, and Roman Bohnen 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 window card has a very odd slant for selling this classic movie. It ignores the main characters of George and Lenny, and instead focuses on Curly's wife, played by Betty Field, and has a wacky tagline implying the movie is about her being a bad girl, and they added "the picture Hollywood said could never be made"! We wonder if they weren't scared to death that the movie would bomb out and were trying to sell it as a sleazy sex drama (but note that the one-sheet does not have this same ad campaign and does have prominent images of Chaney and Meredith)! Note that this poster has been trimmed and it now measures 14" x 17" [36 x 43 cm]. Also note that this window card was never folded. Often window cards would be folded across the middle, because that would make them 11" x 14", and they could then be sent with standard folded posters. Most collectors put an added value on a window card that has never been folded. Condition: fair to good. Learn More about condition grades
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