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Auction History Result 2c204 CONFESSIONS OF A NAZI SPY LC 1939 art of Uncle Sam's hand grabbing Nazi hand, ultra rare! Date Sold 12/12/2019 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) Confessions of a Nazi Spy, the 1939 Anatole Litvak World War II (WWII) spy espionage crime thriller ("Trapped! by the America they tried to betray... by the government they tried to destroy... by the viciousness of their own traitorous schemes!"; "Sensational drama about Nazi activity in America!"; "You won't dare see this picture if you take orders from Them!"; "These hands....... must be caught"; "Based on materials gathered by Leon G. Turrou, 'Ace G-Man'"; Robinson is a federal agent posing as a Nazi spy to infiltrate a major spy ring) starring Edward G. Robinson, Francis Lederer, Lya Lys, Henry O'Neill, George Sanders, Paul Lukas, Sig Ruman, Dorothy Tree, Lionel Royce, Henry Victor, and Hans Heinrich von Twardowski. Note that one of Warner Bros' executives was murdered by the Nazis in Germany in the 1930s, which caused that studio to be the first to cease distributing their movies in Germany. They also were the first major studio to make this openly anti-Nazi movie, which pulled no punches! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that while we have auctioned several other first release lobby cards, with have never before auctioned this lobby card, which has a great different image! Note that Warner Bros. did something very unusual with the lobby set for this movie! They created eight completely different lobby cards where each looks exactly like a "title card". One of the cards is the same as the half-sheet, so we consider that the true "title card", but the seven "scenes cards" absolutely look just like title cards. In addition, Warner Bros. also created seven "regular" scene cards showing actors from the movie. Those seven scene cards have been found with the title card from the other set described above, so we imagine that card served as the title card for both sets, meaning there were 15 cards in all! We don't know of Warner Bros. doing this for any other movie in the 1930s, but of course, this was a very special movie. If anyone knows more about this, please e-mail us and we will post it here. Condition: good. The card has slightly darkened, typical of Warner Bros. linen lobby cards of this period. There is water staining in the right, bottom, and left borders, which has caused the card to become lightly rippled in some of those areas. There are some faint scuffs scattered in the image, with a pinhole in the top right blank corner, and a few small creases around the edges. See our super-sized images to get a good sense of the condition of this card. This is the sort of card that responds really well to professional restoration. It is likely that much or all of the water stains can be removed through chemical means, after which the card will look fantastic (although I think many collectors could happily display this great card on their wall just as it is). Note that this lobby card is completely unrestored and there is not a single piece of tape on either the front or back! Learn More about condition grades 
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