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Auction History Result 7a0474 SPEEDY LC 1928 Harold Lloyd smiling at baseball legend Babe Ruth as himself, ultra rare! Date Sold 12/27/2020 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) Speedy, the 1928 Ted Wilde (nominated for the Best Director Academy Award for this film) silent romantic comedy (about a New Yorker who is unemployed, and his girlfriend's grandfather owns the last horse-drawn trolley in New York City, and some crooks are trying to get his contract, and if he doesn't complete his route once every 24 hours, he will lose his contract, and naturally, Lloyd takes over and has to get the trolley all over New York City in the nick of time, to save his girl's grandfather's business) starring Harold Lloyd (in the title role as Harold 'Speedy' Swift), Ann Christy, Bert Woodruff, Brooks Benedict, and Babe Ruth (as himself!). Note that the movie was shot on location in Manhattan, included scenes at Luna Park in Coney Island, Columbus Circle, Wall Street, and ends with a crash at the Brooklyn Bridge. Also note that there is a brief scene where Lloyd drives a taxi and his passenger is none other than the real Babe Ruth, who plays himself in the movie! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that we have only previously auctioned one example of this lobby card, which is the only lobby card in the set that shows Babe Ruth, and that was in a complete set 30 years ago! And since Babe Ruth does not appear on any of the posters that we know of, this is the ONLY way to get an image of Babe Ruth on first release advertising posters or lobby cards. 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.
UPDATED 12/27/2020: Note that we we have updated the Condition information. Condition: good to very good. The card had 3/4" trimmed from the left and right borders and 1/2" trimmed from top and bottom, but only blank white paper was affected. Otherwise, the card was in pretty nice condition. A talented restorer expertly replaced the missing sections of three of the blank borders, but oddly did not replace the missing bottom blank border, but instead added all of the missing area to the top blank border. In spite of this, the card displays well, but if one wants it to look original, one would have to have the top and bottom borders adjusted. Please keep this in mind when bidding. Learn More about condition grades 
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