eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 3m048 BLACKBIRD 4x6 Spanish magazine 1920s Lon Chaney, written & directed by Tod Browning! Date Sold 1/27/2019Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Undated (probably from the mid 1920s, from the first release of this movie in Spain) Vintage Spanish Magazine (measures 4 1/4" x 6" [11 x 15 cm]; approximately 70 pages) (Learn More) The Blackbird (also released as "The Black Bird"), the 1926 Tod Browning silent romantic love triangle crime thriller ("Story by Tod Browning"; a really great story of a master thief in London who steals at night, and by day poses as the crippled owner of a rescue mission, who is called "The Bishop", and of course, no one suspects him of being "The Black Bird", which is what the master thief is called; meanwhile, the thief and his arch rival "West End Bertie" are both in love with the same girl, and they make a bet over which one of them will steal an important diamond collar and give it to the girl as a present; while trying to steal it, The Black Bird shoots a Scotland Yard detective, and retreats to his mission, where he becomes "The Bishop", but he discovers to his horror that his joints are permanently fused by having pretended to be crippled for so long!; so he views it as God's punishment, and he gives up his life as The Black Bird, and becomes The Bishop for real, helping poor people, and West End Bertie gets the girl) starring Lon Chaney Sr. (in the title role as "The Black Bird"), Owen Moore, Renee Adoree, Doris Lloyd, and Andy MacLennan. Note that the IMDb lists the title of this movie as "The Blackbird", but the posters have the title as "The Black Bird". However, the original campaign book trade ad shows it as "The Blackbird", so we imagine the title was changed just prior to release, and it is difficult to say that one is more accurate than the other. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that this is one of a group of 7 Spanish magazines we were consigned that are all from classic 1920s movies. Each one has a text adaptation of the film, with one or more images from the movie within the images, and a cover image from that movie (they are like U.S. Grosset & Dunlap movie editions, except that they are not books, but are small digest magazines that measures 4 1/4" x 6". Note that we have provided a picture of the front cover of the magazine, and pictures of interior two-page spreads (including the table of contents page if there is one; but we didn't make much effort to find the best ones!). These images should greatly help you judge the overall condition of the magazine, and the contents page lets you know exactly what articles and stories are contained in this particular issue. Please know that these magazines are sealed in bags and are ready for shipping, and we cannot answer any questions about them or look through them for you, so please bid (or do not bid) based on the images we have provided. Condition: fair to good. Somebody significantly creased the cover in Chaney's features. Oddly, it is not that noticeable at a quick glance, but when you look at it closely, it is very noticeable, so bear in mind this significant defect before placing a bid. Learn More about condition grades
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