eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 1b277 DEFENSE RESTS slabbed 8x10 still '34 c/u of Jack Holt by suit of armor by William Fraker! Date Sold 8/17/2014Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. A Slabbed Original Vintage Theatrical 8" x 10" [20 x 25 cm] Movie Still (measures 9 1/2" x 12" with slab) (Learn More) The Defense Rests, the 1934 Lambert Hillyer romantic courtroom lawyer legal organized crime murder melodrama ("He double-crossed justice until love double-crossed him!"; "He defended the criminals who ruled his life!"; "Story and Screen Play by Jo Swerling"; a clever story of a lawyer who defends gangsters; his assistant is a pretty woman who is also a lawyer, and she begs him to quit working for crooks; he even has a woman knowingly commit perjury, and his assistant tells him he could get disbarred for doing that, and he laughs at her and tells her to turn him in; but when he is blackmailed by gangsters over a different case, he realizes he needs to change his ways, but he fears he will be disbarred over the case involving his assistant, but she comes up with the perfect solution, which is for them to get married, so that she can't, as his wife, testify against her husband!) starring Jack Holt, Jean Arthur, Nat Pendleton, Arthur Hohl, and Raymond Walburn. Note that this movie certainly seems to have been way ahead of its time, not only because Jean Arthur is a female lawyer, which was surely a rarity in 1934, but also because she is given a substantial role in the movie! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that this a movie paper item that was "authenticated" and "graded" by CGC, the famous authenticator of comic books. They gave it a grade of "very fine", and encased it in a mylar sleeve, with an informative strip at the top, and three punch holes in the border. Condition: very good to fine. The still is in nice condition! Learn More about condition grades
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