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Auction History Result 8a071 HALF A BRIDE LC 1928 pretty castaway Esther Ralston watches yacht captain Gary Cooper, rare! Date Sold 8/4/2019 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Paperbacked Movie Lobby Card (LC; measures 11" x 14" [28 x 36 cm]) (Learn More) Half a Bride, the 1928 Gregory La Cava silent shipwreck tropical island romantic love triangle melodrama ("Based on Arthur Stringer's Story 'White Hands'"; about the daughter of a rich man who hears about the latest craze of "companionate marriage", and she impulsively marries someone she doesn't love, but before the marriage can be consummated, her father kidnaps her and takes her on his yacht; she escapes in a small boat, and the captain of the yacht, played by a young Gary Cooper, goes after her, and they end up castaways on a desert island, and naturally, they fall in love) starring Esther Ralston, Gary Cooper, William Worthington, Freeman Wood, and Mary Doran. Note that this is a "lost" film, which means that no surviving copies are thought to exist. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that we first auctioned this exact card in 2003, and the person who purchased it reconsigned it to us in 2015. Now it has been reconsigned to us again! It is the ONLY lobby card we have ever auctioned from this movie, and other than this, we have only auctioned an English trade ad and a still, and NOTHING else! Also note that we have a scan of both the front and the back of this lobby card, which should greatly help you see what defects it has. Also note that this lobby card has been paperbacked. What is paperbacking? This means the lobby card was backed onto a very light paper backing (acid-free), that keeps the "feel" of the lobby card similar to that of the original lobby card. Some restorers prefer to paperback lobby cards on to a heavy backing, while others prefer to use a very lightweight backing. The advantage of a lightweight backing is that the card still "feels" like a regular lobby card, but a heavier backing makes restoration easier to do and less noticeable. What IS paperbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: fair to good. Prior to paperbacking, the card had a great many stains, scuffs, and creases scattered throughout, with paper loss, tears, and pinholes around the edges. It had a diagonal crease across the lower right. Overall, the lobby card was in fair condition prior to paperbacking. Given the card's many defects, it was pretty well backed, but you can clearly see signs of the above defects and the restoration of the above defects. Please look closely at our super-sized image before placing a bid on this extremely rare lobby card. Learn More about condition grades 
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