eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 5s0052 WHAT PRICE HOLLYWOOD WC 1932 Constance Bennett, the rise & fall of a movie star, very rare! Date Sold 9/6/2020Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Paperbacked Movie Window Card (WC; measures 14" x 22" [36 x 56 cm]) (Learn More) What Price Hollywood?, the classic 1932 George Cukor Los Angeles California movie making acting fame romantic love triangle melodrama ("Branded with headlines and sold to the crowd"; "Drama that rips the veil from life behind the screen..."; a Ross Hunter-like movie, about a waitress at the Brown Derby in Hollywood who meets a director, and gets him to give her a walk on part in his next movie after they spend the night together; she becomes a big star and marries a rich man, and the director becomes an alcoholic and is run out of the business; he causes the actress to break up with her husband while she is pregnant, and he regrets what he did and commits suicide, and the scandal ruins her career, and she goes to France with her son, and later, her rich husband tracks her down and they are reunited, and she resumes her career) starring Constance Bennett, Lowell Sherman, Neil Hamilton, Gregory Ratoff, and Brooks Benedict. Note that the plot of this film is very similar to A Star is Born. Also, there has been much speculation about what inspired this movie, and specifically who was the model for the doomed director. Some say that he was modeled after Lowell Sherman himself, who was known to be an alcoholic, as well as silent film director Marshall Neilan, actor John Bowers, and actor John Barrymore (who was Sherman's brother-in-law at the time). The wedding in the movie satirized the elaborate 1927 nuptials of Vilma Banky and Rod La Roque. 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 we have only previously auctioned one example of this window card, and that example sold for $1,150! Also note that this poster has been paperbacked. What is paperbacking? This means the poster was backed onto a heavy paper backing (acid-free), that is similar in feel to that of the original poster (except heavier). It is a similar process to linenbacking, except that most collectors use linenbacking for one-sheets and paperbacking for half-sheets, inserts, window cards, and lobby cards. What IS paperbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: fair to good. Prior to paperbacking, the window card had darkened, and it also had staining scattered throughout. It had pinholes, tears, and paper loss around the edges. Overall, the window card was in fair condition prior to paperbacking. Given the card's considerable defects, the restorer did a pretty good job, but you can clearly see signs of the above defects and the restoration of the above defects, and the card definitely has a "restored" look to it, so please do not bid on it unless you have looked closely at our super-sized image and read the above carefully. Learn More about condition grades
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