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Auction History Result 2x009 WOLF MAN LC '41 Claude Rains & men find unconscious Lon Chaney after he becomes human again! Date Sold 11/4/2014 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Lobby Card (LC; measures 11" x 14" [28 x 36 cm]) (Learn More) The Wolf Man, the 1941 George Waggner Universal werewolf monster horror thriller (written by Curt Siodmak; about the son of a Welsh nobleman who returns to Wales after many years in America, and things start out well when he and his father reconcile, but then he meets a beautiful girl at a carnival, and a gypsy fortune teller sees the sign of a wolf on her palm, and soon after, she is bitten by a wolf, and the man tries to save her, but she is killed, and he manages to kill the wolf, but is bitten during the process, and later, the gypsy turns up dead, and the man is the primary suspect, and that is only the beginning of his massive problems!) starring Claude Rains, Warren William, Ralph Bellamy, Patric Knowles, Bela Lugosi (as Bela), Maria Ouspenskaya, Evelyn Ankers, and Lon Chaney Jr. (in the title role "as 'The Wolf Man'"/Lawrence Talbot). Note that this was the only classic 1940s original Universal monster (the others originated in the 1930s). Actually, however, there WAS a 1930s Universal werewolf before this, which was in 1935's "Werewolf of London", but Universal did not like the way Henry Hull's makeup looked in that movie, so they restarted the character in this movie, with completely different makeup! In addition, they had the great fortune to hire screenwriter Curt Siodmak to come up with an original screenplay, and unlike several past classic Universal horror movies, this was not based on a classic story, but instead was a Siodmak original, and it was brilliantly written and has been imitated countless times since! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Condition: very good. The card has tiny pinholes in the corners and smudges and darkening around the edges. It had a 1 1/2" tear in the left of the bottom border (extending into the girl's shoulder), and someone put tape on the back of that. It also had a tear in the right of the top border (just extending into the edge of the background), and someone put tape on the back of that. It had a 1/2" tear in the lower right border, and someone put tape on the back of that. There is the tiniest of tears and two tiny pinholes near the middle of the left border. It had paper tape on the back of the center of the top and bottom borders, but they were not put there for a restoration purpose. Other than the above, the card is in pretty nice condition, and no other restoration was performed, other than the amateur restoration described above. I would think the vast majority of collectors would be happy to display this card as is, but certainly, a restorer could perform restoration to the above defects (which are primarily in the borders). Either way, I think the new owner will be very happy with this card. Learn More about condition grades 
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