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Auction History Result 1r332 WOLF MAN LC #3 R1948 best close up of werewolf Lon Chaney Jr. attacking Ankers, ultra rare! Date Sold 11/8/2018 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. A 1948 Re-Release Theatrical Movie Lobby Card #3 (LC; measures 11" x 14" [28 x 36 cm]) (Learn More) The Wolf Man, the 1941 George Waggner Universal werewolf monster horror thriller (written by Curt Siodmak; about the son of a Welsh nobleman who returns to Wales after many years in America, and things start out well when he and his father reconcile, but then he meets a beautiful girl at a carnival, and a gypsy fortune teller sees the sign of a wolf on her palm, and soon after, she is bitten by a wolf, and the man tries to save her, but she is killed, and he manages to kill the wolf, but is bitten during the process, and later, the gypsy turns up dead, and the man is the primary suspect, and that is only the beginning of his massive problems!) starring Claude Rains, Warren William, Ralph Bellamy, Patric Knowles, Bela Lugosi (as Bela), Maria Ouspenskaya, Evelyn Ankers, and Lon Chaney Jr. (in the title role "as 'The Wolf Man'"/Lawrence Talbot). Note that this was the only classic 1940s original Universal monster (the others originated in the 1930s). Actually, however, there WAS a 1930s Universal werewolf before this, which was in 1935's "Werewolf of London", but Universal did not like the way Henry Hull's makeup looked in that movie, so they restarted the character in this movie, with completely different makeup! In addition, they had the great fortune to hire screenwriter Curt Siodmak to come up with an original screenplay, and unlike several past classic Universal horror movies, this was not based on a classic story, but instead was a Siodmak original, and it was brilliantly written and has been imitated countless times since! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that we have never before auctioned this card, which has a wonderful close up of Chaney in full makeup that does not appear on any of the first release 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. Condition: fair. There is a jagged 6" tear starting in the center of the top border that runs down to the back of the center of the monster's head, and someone put large pieces of brown paper tape on the back of that tear, and there is some rippling around that area. There is a faint vertical drip stain running down the center of the card, mostly only affecting background areas. There is a 1 1/4" tear in the upper left border and a 1" tear in the center of the right border (the one in the right border was repaired with tape from the back). There are creases, tiny tears, faint smudges, and pairs of staple holes around the edges, and the right border has darkened. Obviously, this card has very real defects, but it is also true that they were very amateurishly "restored" with tape from the back and no real restoration. Any talented restorer could do wonders for this card, and after proper restoration, it will look great, and it will have had far less restoration than many other cards (but please look closely at our super-sized images of the front and back before bidding on this great card). Learn More about condition grades 
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