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Auction History Result 1c164 SHADOW OF SILK LENNOX pre-war Belgian '35 wonderful art of Lon Chaney Jr in title role! Date Sold 8/19/2014 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Folded Pre-War Belgian Movie Poster (measures 24 1/4" x 33 1/4" [62 x 84 cm]) (Learn More) The Shadow of Silk Lennox, the 1935 Ray Kirkwood & Jack Nelson crime melodrama starring Lon Chaney Jr. (in the title role as John Arthur 'Silk' Lennox), Dean Benton, Marie Burton, Jack Mulhall, Eddie Gribbon, Larry McGrath, and Allen Greer. Note that Lon Chaney Jr. did not like living in the shadow of his ultra successful father, Lon Chaney Sr., and he did not appear in movies during his father's lifetime. After his father passed away in 1930, Chaney started appearing in movies under his real name of Creighton Chaney, without much success. In 1935, a producer convinced him that it would pay off royally if he would change his name to Lon Chaney Jr., and under that name, he starred in this movie! But that did not lead to much better roles until 1939, when he played Lenny in "Of Mice and Men", and received fantastic reviews. But once again, his career did not take off, until he starred in "The Wolf Man" in 1941, and that led to a very successful series of Universal horror movies! 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 is a rare "pre-War" Belgian poster. Prior to World War II, Belgian posters were much larger than the ones from after the war, and they are extremely rare (because during WWII, there was a massive paper shortage in Belgium, and they took virtually every poster and map, and printed new posters on the backs of them!). Also note that this poster was folded at one time but has been laying flat for a long time and will be sent rolled in a tube. Condition: fair to good. The poster has become brittle with age and it is almost completely separated along the vertical fold and there is some tattering and paper loss along the foldlines and around the edges. The poster is otherwise in generally nice condition and its colors are still vibrant and after it is linenbacked it will display quite nicely! Learn More about condition grades 
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