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Auction History Result 3m0301 MAGICIAN LC 1926 Alice Terry & Paul Wegener, Rex Ingram's Frankenstein precursor, ultra rare! Date Sold 2/23/2020 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) Rex Ingram's The Magician, the 1926 Rex Ingram silent science fiction (sci-fi) magical alchemist fantasy thriller (based on a novel by W. Somerset Maugham; about a crazy magician/alchemist who is working to create life, but he needs the blood of a virgin, and he sends his dwarf assistant to find the right girl, and many feel that this movie was inspiration for Universal's Frankenstein made just five years later) starring Alice Terry, Paul Wegener (in the title role as Oliver Haddo, the magician; best remembered as the co-director and star of the three German expressionist movies starring "The Golem", which he made in 1915, 1917 and 1920; the Golem is widely regarded as one of the first movie monsters, and likely had a strong influence in the creation of the American horror monsters in the 1930s!), Ivan Petrovich, Firmin Gemier, Gladys Hamer, and Henry Wilson (as Haddo's servant; a dwarf; he only made a handful of movies in the 1920s). Note that Somerset Maugham got revenge in writing this story! The magician is a caricature of Aleister Crowley, who had accused Maugham of plagiarism in a 1908 Vanity Fair critique, and this was Maugham's way of getting back at Crowley! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that ANY movie paper from this movie is incredibly rare. We have only previously auctioned a few stills and a glass slide (and NO other movie paper) from this movie until we received this lobby card! 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. Condition: good. There is an line of light creasing down the center of the image, with some creases, smudges, stains, scuffs, and pinholes scattered around the edges, with some of the stains entering the image background. See our super-sized images to get a good sense of the condition of this card. In spite of the above defects, this ultra rare card can certainly still be displayed and enjoyed as it is, or certainly, it is a prime candidate for restoration, for many of the smudges and stains could likely be removed chemically, and the card would likely require very little paint restoration. Note that this lobby card is completely unrestored and there is not a single piece of tape on either the front or back! Learn More about condition grades 
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