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Auction History Result 4s285 RAFTER ROMANCE WC '33 sexiest art of Norman Foster holding half-dressed Ginger Rogers' chest! 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) Rafter Romance, the 1933 William A. Seiter pre-Code New York City Greenwich Village romantic comedy ("They slept in the same room and still were strangers!... But things like that can't last forever in gaudy Greenwich Village, where art is long, but love is brief and blind!"; "A Laughter Romance!"; "From the novel by John Wells"; a clever plot that has been since re-used many many times, where a poor working woman and man who are complete strangers end up sharing a Greenwich Village apartment to save money, and because one works days and one works nights, they never are in the apartment at the same time, and in fact, never meet, and have no idea what the other is like, but then they meet accidentally, not realizing they are roommates, and they fall in love, still not knowing that they are "living together") starring Ginger Rogers, Norman Foster, George Sidney, Robert Benchley, Laura Hope Crews, and Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams 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: very good. The poster had pinholes, creases, tears, and some areas of paper loss around the edges of the poster and some creases, smudges, scuffs, and a few pinholes scattered throughout the image, with a circular area of paper loss in the white background above Rogers' credit. It is very fortunate that most of the defects and smudges and scuffs are not in the images of the two stars! 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 76 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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