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Auction History Result 5j046 FLIGHT WC 1929 Frank Capra's supreme all-talking drama of the air, art of bi-planes & stars! Date Sold 4/3/2018 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Unfolded Window Card Movie Poster (WC; measures 14" x 22" [36 x 56 cm]) (Learn More) Flight, the 1929 Frank Capra (billed as "Frank R. Capra") United States Marine Corps military airplane aviation romantic love triangle adventure thriller ("The supreme all-talking drama of the air"; "made with the full co-operation of the United States Marine Corps"; a virtual mini-epic, with a college football star who blows the big game by running the wrong way and scoring a touchdown for the other team!; he joins the Marine Flying Corps, where, as luck would have it, his main rival is someone who witnessed the football game, and constantly taunts him about it; he also has a kindly flight instructor who takes a liking to him, but the young man crashes a plane and his hands are burned, so he can't fly, but the instructor takes him along to the war in Nicaragua as a mechanic; as luck would have it, both he and the flight instructor fall in love with the same beautiful woman, but the instructor doesn't know it, and feels betrayed when he learns the younger man has "stolen" his girl; there is a climactic air rescue, where the young man must fly a plane even though he is not qualified, and at the end of the movie, he has become a flight instructor himself, and he has won the girl!) starring Jack Holt, Ralph Graves, Lila Lee, Alan Roscoe, Walter Brennan, and Eddy Chandler. Note that the football incident that starts the movie was based on the real life exploit of Roy Riegels, later branded "Wrong Way Riegels", and Capra used actual footage of his wrong run in the movie. In addition, Capra had the cooperation of the Marine Corps, and they let him film actual Marine Corps planes for the footage in the movie. 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 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: good to very good. There is surface paper loss scattered in the bottom blank border that incredibly slightly touches the bottom edge of the image. There is an enlarged pinhole in the upper center of the card in the edge of the lower wing, and another in the lower center, by the plane's windshield. There is a 2" tear in the lower left border that has tape on the back and a 1" tear in the upper left and upper right borders that do not have tape on the back. There are some tiny pairs of staple holes around the edges. There is some tiny surface paper loss in the right of the white inset box, below the plane's wing, and there is a faint partial vertical crease 2" from the left border. The card can certainly be displayed and enjoyed as it is, or it would not be a difficult restoration for any talented restorer! Learn More about condition grades 
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