eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 2t322 PENTHOUSE window card '33 Warner Baxter, Myrna Loy, plus art of happy people at rooftop party! Date Sold 11/18/2008Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Window Card Movie Poster (WC; measures 14" x 18") (Learn More) Arthur Somers Roche's Penthouse, the 1933 W.S. Van Dyke pre-Code courtroom legal lawyer crime mystery thriller ("From the Cosmopolitan magazine story by Arthur Somers Roche"; about a distinguished lawyer who defends a notorious gangster, and then he is shunned by everyone but gangsters, and he has a romance with the beautiful young Myrna Loy!) starring Warner Baxter, Myrna Loy, Charles Butterworth, Mae Clarke, Phillips Holmes, C. Henry Gordon, and George E. Stone. Note that Phillips Holmes had made an impression in some movies in the late 1920s. In 1931, he would get the lead in the first version of "An American Tragedy", which made it seem like he would become a major star, but that didn't materialize. He had a major affair with Libby Holman, but that was certainly complicated, and when they broke up, she immediately married his brother! Oddly, years later, Holman would have another very complicated affair with Montgomery Clift, who played the same part in the remake of "An American Tragedy", re-titled "A Place in the Sun". Sadly, Holmes died in a plane crash in 1942. I am very surprised no one has made a movie about his life, or a joint movie about him and Libby Holman! 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 been trimmed and it now measures 14" x 18". The window card originally had a blank top that was neatly trimmed off (this was commonly done with window cards, when the top had been left blank, or when someone had hand-scrawled play date information in that area). Most collectors do not consider it to be a significant defect at all, since only blank white paper is lost, and the window card becomes easier to frame. Condition: good. Note that the card measures very slightly under 14" wide and has next-to-no left, right, or bottom blank borders, but it has NOT been trimmed (this was done at a time when MGM was experimenting with having as few borders as possible). Learn More about condition grades
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