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"WHERE WAS I?": UNIVERSAL WINDOW CARD 1925 (FRANKENSTEIN DRACULA MUMMY BATMAN)

$ 84.45

Availability: 93 in stock
  • Object Type: Poster
  • Industry: Movies
  • Original/Reproduction: Original
  • All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted

    Description

    THIS LISTING IS FOR AN ORIGINAL WINDOW CARD (APPROX. 14" x 22", THE LINEN BACKING ADDS ABOUT 1/2" AROUND THE OUTSIDE OF THE CARD BUT COULD BE TRIMMED) FROM THE UNIVERSAL-JEWEL FILM "WHERE WAS I?" STARRING REGINALD DENNY AND PRODUCED BY CARL LAEMMLE.
    REGINALD DENNY WAS A POPULAR SILENT FILM ACTOR AND, LATER, A CHARACTER ACTOR IN THE TALKIES.  DENNY WAS ALSO AN ACCOMPLISHED AVIATOR WHO FLEW IN WORLD WAR I, WORKED AS A STUNT PILOT IN THE 1920s, AND LATER FOUNDED A COMPANY THAT PRODUCED RADIO-CONTROLLED MODEL AIRPLANES.
    VERY RARE IN AND OF ITSELF, THIS WINDOW CARD HAS A COUPLE OF TIE-INS THAT MAKE IT A TERRIFIC CONVERSATION PIECE.  FIRST, THE GRAPHIC STYLE (NOTE THE OVERALL PRESENTATION AND THE EXPRESSIONS ON THE FACES OF DENNY AND THE SUPPORTING ACTORS) AND VIBRANT COLORS ON THIS CARD ARE VERY SIMILAR TO THE STYLE AND COLOR FOUND ON THE CLASSIC UNIVERSAL HORROR MOVIE POSTERS OF THE EARLY 1930s (DRACULA, FRANKENSTEIN, THE MUMMY), AT A TINY FRACTION OF THE COST.
    SECOND, FOR FANS OF THE 1966 BATMAN TELEVISION SERIES STARRING ADAM WEST AND BURT WARD, REGINALD DENNY'S LAST FILM ROLES WERE THE ONES HE PERFORMED IN THE TELEVISION SERIES AS "KING BORIS" AND IN THE 1966 BATMAN FEATURE FILM AS "COMMODORE SCHMIDLAPP."
    THE WINDOW CARD WOULD LOOK TERRIFIC FRAMED AND WOULD MAKE A GREAT GIFT FOR A FAN OF SILENT FILMS, CLASSIC HOLLYWOOD OR COMIC CON.
    CONDITION:  THE WINDOW CARD HAS BEEN RESTORED AND ARCHIVALLY MOUNTED ON LINEN.  IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY THERE ARE SCATTERED SURFACE IMPERFECTIONS IN THE CARD, SOME SMALL EDGE TEARS AND A REPAIRED/RESTORED TEAR (APPROX. 6") THAT ENTERS THE CARD IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RIGHT HAND SIDE (SEE LAST FOUR PHOTOS), BUT THE CARD PRESENTS VERY WELL AND THE COLORS ARE VERY FRESH AND VIBRANT FOR A SILENT ERA CARD THAT IS MORE THAN 90 YEARS OLD.  PLEASE SEE THE PHOTOS FOR MORE DETAILS.
    THE FINE PRINT --
    PLEASE READ CAREFULLY
    !!!
    :
    I WILL SHIP THIS WINDOW CARD SECURELY
    TO THE USA LOWER 48 STATES ONLY
    , ABSOLUTELY NO EXCEPTIONS.
    SORRY, NO NEGATIVE OR ZERO FEEDBACK BIDDERS.  I RESERVE THE RIGHT TO REFUSE TO SELL TO ANYONE -- UNFORTUNATELY, A FEW IRRESPONSIBLE CHARACTERS HAVE MADE LIFE DIFFICULT FOR THE REST OF US.
    CHECK MY FEEDBACK AND PLEASE,
    PLEASE
    ASK ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE
    BEFORE
    YOU BID.  I AM NOT A DEALER, NO RETURNS.  ITEM WILL BE WELL-PACKED TO ENSURE SAFE DELIVERY.