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Auction History Result 1r896 SORROWFUL JONES LC #1 '49 wacky Bob Hope, Lucille Ball, funnier than the Paleface! Date Sold 9/11/2014 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Lobby Card #1 (LC; measures 11" x 14" [28 x 36 cm]) (Learn More) Damon Runyon's Sorrowful Jones, the 1949 Sidney Lanfield horse racing sports gambling comedy ("Foreward narrated by Walter Winchell"; "Funnier than 'The Paleface'!"; "Adapted from a story by Damon Runyon") starring Bob Hope (in the title role as Humphrey 'Sorrowful' Jones), Lucille Ball, William Demarest, Bruce Cabot, Thomas Gomez, and Mary Jane Saunders (billed as "Introducing Mary Jane Saunders"). Note that this movie was based on a Damon Runyon short story called "Markie", about a little girl who is given as a "marker" on a gambling debt, and there had previously been a 1934 version of this movie called "Little Miss Marker" starring Shirley Temple, and that it was remade twice again after this version, in 1962 as "40 Pounds of Trouble" and 1980 as "Little Miss Marker"! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Condition: good to very good. There is a 1/2" tear in the right of the bottom edge of the card that has been repaired with tape from the back. There are some light stains at upper right and there are minor creases, smudges, and scuffs scattered throughout the card. Learn More about condition grades 
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