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Auction History Result 7p102 ONE TOUCH OF VENUS linen WC 1948 Ava Gardner is the Blushless Babe who invented love, rare! Date Sold 6/20/2017 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked Window Card Movie Poster (WC; measures 14" x 22" [36 x 56 cm]) (Learn More) One Touch of Venus, the 1948 William A. Seiter & Gregory La Cava New York City romantic fantasy comedy ("Love's little busy body... And how you'll love to watch Her work!"; "All this.. plus that old gleam in her eyes!"; "Broadway's devastating musical delight... Brought joyously to the screen!"; "It's that blushless babe who invented love!"; "Thrill to the lifting hit tune 'Speak Low' and other gay songs!"; "She not only invented love... she's got all the patents panting!"; "Suggested by the novel, 'The Tinted Venus'"; "Book by S.J. Perelman and Ogden Nash"; "For your eyes... for your signs!"; "Based on the Musical Play"; "Music by Kurt Weill"; about a statue of Venus that comes to life and turns into gorgeous Ava Gardner, and makes life very difficult for Robert Walker!) starring Robert Walker, Ava Gardner (in the title role as Venus), Dick Haymes, Eve Arden, Olga San Juan, and Tom Conway. Note that the play this movie was based on introduced the wonderful haunting romantic song "Speak Low", written by Kurt Weill, with an assist from William Shakespeare, and in this movie, it is presented really well (although Ava Gardner had to be dubbed). 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, for unknown reasons, this is an extremely rare window card! We have never auctioned one in all our years of auctioning. Also note that the person who owned this window card had it linenbacked, and the restorer chose to leave a 1/2" of excess linen around the edges. The poster absolutely cannot be rolled, and will be sent in a large flat package. What IS linenbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: fair to good. The poster had a large number of creases and scuffs scattered throughout and the entire card had darkened. Overall, the poster was in fair condition prior to linenbacking. Given the poster's many defects, the restorer did the best they could, but the defects and the restoration are very noticeable (see our image). Learn More about condition grades 
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