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Auction History Result 1b1936 BORDERTOWN LC 1935 Bette Davis watches passed out Eugene Pallette held by Paul Muni, rare! Date Sold 11/23/2021 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Lobby Card (LC; measures 10 1/4" x 12 1/2" [26 x 32 cm]) (Learn More) Bordertown, the 1935 Archie Mayo (billed as "Archie L. Mayo") romantic love triangle murder crime film noir ("Immortal drama with immortal stars!"; "Now He's a Fugitive from the Inhuman Bondage of a Female Scarface"; about a Hispanic man who goes to work as a bouncer in a cafe in Mexico on the border by California, and he rises up to become the partner of the owner, but the owner's boss likes him in the wrong way, and she wants him to conspire with her and kill the boss so that they can own the casino and be together, but he has different ideas) starring Paul Muni, Bette Davis, Margaret Lindsay, Eugene Pallette, and Robert Barrat. Note that Warner Bros. in 1940 "lifted" a huge chunk of the plot of this movie and reused it as part of "They Drive By Night", and of course, there are also many similarities to the plot of "The Postman Always Rings Twice"! Note that there is something unusual about this movie. When it was first released, Paul Muni was Warner Bros. top star and Bette Davis received secondary billing to him. When she quickly rose to stardom after this movie was released, the movie was given a quick re-release in 1937, where the two stars were now equally billed. This quick re-release likely explains why first release 1935 paper from this movie is incredibly scarce (and also, the 1934 lobby cards and smaller posters were on a flat finish, while the 1937 re-release ones were on a linen-like paper, which is the reverse of how it is for many other classic 1930s Warner Bros. titles). NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that we recently auctioned a title card and a scene card from this movie that also had parts of their blank borders trimmed off, and they were restored, and they sold for $2,500 and $650! THIS card has not been restored, but it certainly can be done! Note that this lobby card has been trimmed and it now measures 10 1/4" x 12 1/2" [26 x 32 cm]. 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. Part of each blank border was trimmed off, but only blank white paper was affected. There are pinholes and faint paint stains around the edges and a tear near the middle of the right border, with a few faint paint stains in the lower center of the image and title. This is the sort of card that responds really well to professional restoration. It is likely that much or all of the faint paint staining can be removed through chemical means, and of course, the missing portions of the blank borders can be replaced, after which the card will look fantastic (and, as noted above, we auctioned two other cards that had similar defects, and they were restored and displayed wonderfully). Learn More about condition grades 
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