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Auction History Result 3f0244 NIGHT FLIGHT WC 1933 John & Lionel Barrymore, Hayes, Gable, Montgomery, Loy, ultra rare! Date Sold 11/22/2022 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Unfolded Movie Window Card (WC; measures 14" x 20" [36 x 51 cm]) (Learn More) Night Flight, the 1933 Clarence Brown Rio de Janeiro Brazil airplane aviation adventure melodrama ("From the 1931 Prix Femina novel by Antoine de Saint Exupery"; "Only Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer could do it!"; about an outbreak of polio in Brazil, and the only way to get the vaccine to those who need it is by airplanes over high mountains during bad weather, but daring pilots volunteer to fly the mission; this movie surely has one of the greatest all-star casts ever assembled, including many of MGM's best stars from that period, and we suspect that MGM was trying to replicate its great success of the previous year with that all-star movie, Grand Hotel, hoping this would be a sort of "Grand Hotel in the air"!) starring John Barrymore, Helen Hayes, Clark Gable, Lionel Barrymore, Robert Montgomery, Myrna Loy, William Gargan, and C. Henry Gordon. Note that the source story for this movie was written by Antoine de Saint Exupery, best known as the author of "The Little Prince". 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 ANY movie paper from this movie is incredibly rare. We have only previously auctioned some lobby cards and three stills from this movie (and NO other movie paper of any kind) until we received this window card! Note that it looks like the left, right, and bottom borders might have been trimmed, but actually, they were printed with a "full bleed", something MGM was doing at the time, which means there were no white borders when the card was printed (although part of the top blank area has been neatly trimmed off). The card now measures 14" x 20" [36 x 51 cm]. 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: fair to good. There is light water staining scattered throughout the card, primarily in the top and down the center of the bottom of the image. This is the sort of card that responds really well to professional restoration. It is likely that much or all of the stains can be removed through chemical means, and after proper restoration, the card will display well, but bear in mind the card's defects and the cost of restoration before bidding. Learn More about condition grades 
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