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Auction History Result 3e750 FLEETWING WC '28 Arab Barry Norton saves slave girl & beautiful horse from cruel sheik! Date Sold 11/20/2014 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Unfolded Window Card Movie Poster (WC; measures 14" x 18 3/4" [36 x 48 cm]) (Learn More) Fleetwing, the 1928 Lambert Hillyer silent Arabia romantic melodrama ("Love's adventures on the sands of Araby"; "Story by Lamber Hillyer and Elizabeth Pickett"; about a young Arab man who steals a horse and a beautiful girl, but then the girl is taken from him and sold to a sheik; after many adventures, he manages to rescue her) starring Barry Norton, Dorothy King (billed as "Dorothy Janis"), Ben Bard, Bob Kortman, and Erville Alderson. Note that Barry Norton (born Alfredo Carlos Biraben) was an Argentinean man who started in Hollywood movies in 1926. His career greatly diminished after sound films began, which is odd, because he did not have an accent, but maybe his looks diminished the number of parts he could play (he played many Hispanic roles, including the Jonathan Harker character in the Spanish version of "Dracula" that was filmed simultaneously with the U.S. version in 1931). Note that Dorothy Janis was a teenage actress who made four silent movies, and then one sound one, and then promptly married bandleader Wayne King and retired! So this movie starred two actors whose careers went nowhere soon after it, which may be why this movie is completely forgotten today. 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 first release 1928 movie posters from this movie are incredibly rare. We have never sold even a single poster from this movie until we received this window card! 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. Also note that this window card was never folded. Often window cards would be folded across the middle, because that would make them 11" x 14", and they could then be sent with standard folded posters. Most collectors put an added value on a window card that has never been folded. Condition: good to very good. Learn More about condition grades 
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