eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 8w002 SIMPLE SIMON complete set of 4 LCs 1935 incredible Ub Iwerks art, ComiColor cartoon, rare! Date Sold 8/10/2017Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. A Complete Set of 4 Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Lobby Cards (LCs; measure 11" x 14" [28 x 36 cm]) (Learn More) Simple Simon, the 1935 Ub Iwerks ComiColor animated animation cartoon comedy short (based on the nursery rhyme, but expanding it; after Simple Simon meets the Pieman going to the fair, he does not buy a pie, and the Pieman follows him to the fair and makes his time there miserable!). After being instrumental in the creation of Mickey Mouse for Walt Disney, Ub Iwerks (full name Ubbe Iwerks) was hired away from Disney by P.A. Powers of Celebrity Productions to create a series of cartoons based on classic fairy tales (Iwerks was able to be hired away, both because he did not share in the financial rewards that Disney obtained from his work on Mickey Mouse and other early Disney characters, and also because Iwerks was barely credited for his work). Iwerks not only drew the ComiColor cartoons, but he also drew the one-sheets (and a 4-card full-color lobby card set) created to promote each of them. Unfortunately, this series of cartoons did not perform well at the box office, and late in the series, they switched from individual one-sheets for each cartoon to a stock poster with different titles printed in the middle. After 25 cartoons, Powers folded Celebrity Productions and Iwerks was forced to return to Disney. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that, as noted above, the wonderful art on these four lobby cards is by the legendary Ub Iwerks! Several months ago we were consigned nine complete sets from these Iwerks cartoons. We auctioned three complete sets in one set of auctions, three more in a second set of auctions, and now we are auctioning the last three sets in this current set of auctions. So if you would like to own one of these great sets, then this is your final opportunity to do so (unless we are consigned another set, but that might be years before that happens)! Also note that only 4 lobby cards were produced for this cartoon short, and this is the complete set. It was quite common for studios to only make sets of four for short subjects or low budget movies (or re-releases of big budget movies), because it allowed them to print the sets at half the cost, and on shorts and low budget movies, they tried to save money any way they could (especially since it is likely few theaters even bothered to order lobby cards for these titles, since they were likely shown in addition to a better movie). Condition: very good. The cards have darkened somewhat, typical of all of the cards known that have survived from these ComiColor cartoons, and have minor creases in some of the corners and slight uneven discoloration in the blank borders, with a very few creases. Otherwise, they are in really nice condition. Learn More about condition grades
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