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Auction History Result 4s027 AFTER MIDNIGHT WC '27 wonderful close up art of pretty smiling Norma Shearer by cop's shadow! Date Sold 4/14/2009 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Paperbacked Window Card Movie Poster (WC; measures 14" x 22") (Learn More) After Midnight, the 1927 Monta Bell silent romantic crime melodrama ("Scenario by Lorna Moon from the story by Monta Bell"; about a cigarette girl who meets a crook, and tries to rehabilitate him, but she gets discouraged and she decides to emulate her gold-digging sister, but then she gets drunk and is in a car crash with her sister, and the sister is killed, and that sobers her up and she and her ex-con boyfriend see the light and decide to start over and live a righteous life) starring Norma Shearer, Lawrence Gray, Gwen Lee, Eddie Sturgis, and Philip Sleeman 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 poster has been paperbacked. What is paperbacking? This means the poster was backed onto a light paper backing (acid-free), that is similar in feel to that of the original poster (it means that the poster must be handled carefully, as the backing does not give it much added strength, but it is similar to having an unrestored poster, and yet it has been properly preserved). It is a similar process to linenbacking, except that most collectors use linenbacking for one-sheets and paperbacking for half-sheets, inserts, window cards. Condition: good to very good. The poster had nail holes, creases, tears, and some areas of paper loss around the edges of the poster and some creases, smudges, scuffs, and a few nail holes scattered throughout the image. Overall, the poster was in good to very good condition prior to paperbacking. The poster was well backed by a talented restorer, who did not touch up many of the faint smudges and scuffs (and I agree with that decision, because to do so would have required lots of paint, which would have given the poster a "heavily restored" look, and I don't feel the smudges and scuffs are all that distracting, and they help establish that this is a genuine 82 year-old original poster!). Obviously, one would prefer to find an example of this window card that had no defects or restoration, but I do not know if another example of this card exists (or if it does, if the owner would consider parting with it!). This card has had expert restoration and displays nicely. Learn More about condition grades 
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