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Auction History Result p003 BRIDE WORE RED original movie artwork '37 Vincentini, Crawford Date Sold 10/3/2006Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. Original Vintage Watercolor Artwork (measures 14" x 23 1/2") and Campaign Ad (measures 9 1/4" x 12 1/4"; 2 pages) (Learn More) The Bride Wore Red, the 1937 Dorothy Arzner poor-girl-romanced-by-rich-man romantic love triangle marriage wedding comedy ("Her most glorious and exciting romance!") starring Joan Crawford, Franchot Tone, Robert Young, Billie Burke, Reginald Owen, and Lynne Carver. Like most of director Arzner's movies, this one dealt with a very independent woman who "goes her own way" in life! Also note that Dorothy Arzner was a director from the 1920s to the 1940s, and she was the only woman director during the "Golden Age" of Hollywood ('20s to '40s) and she was the first woman to join the Directors Guild of America. Arzner was a lesbian at a time when almost no females openly were, and she was surprisingly open about it, often dressing in "men's clothes" and wearing her hair short. She made many "women's movies" and movies with a "feminist" theme. After making "First Comes Courage" in 1943, she made training films for the U.S. Army WACs, and she never returned to making Hollywood movies, becoming a film teacher of directing and screenwriting, teaching at UCLA until her passing in 1979. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Artist: Ted 'Vincentini' Ireland Important Added Info: Note that this auction is for the actual original watercolor artwork created for a trade ad sent by MGM to theater owners to promote their 1937 movie "The Bride Wore Red" with artwork by Vincentini. Someone (likely someone working at MGM) trimmed the artwork around the figures of the three stars. Apparently this was preliminary artwork by Vincentini that was not used, as included with the art is the actual two-page campaign ad as was printed and sent to theater owners, and the artwork on that page is similar to, but clearly different, from this art. This artwork is signed and dated in the middle left. It was purchased by our consignor at a Hollywood auction years ago. Included with the artwork (which measures 14" x 23 1/2") is the original trade ad that includes a different version of this art (and we have also pictured the back of that trade ad which has artwork by Galbraith, who was another MGM staff artist). That trade ad measures 9 1/4" x 12 1/4", and is a single sheet, even though we have reproduced images from both sides. Condition: very good. The artwork is on a fairly heavy weight illustration paper with a "pebbled" finish. There is a partial horizontal crease at the upper right of the image in the right side of Crawford's blouse extending into the forehead of Tone. The artwork was likely framed, and there are many glue stains on the back of the art that do not affect the front. There are three tape stains, one just above Tone's head, and one in the lower left, and one in the lower right background area (likely from when the art was pasted up in preparation for it being used in the trade ad, although it ended up not being used). Learn More about condition grades 
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