eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 3c416 DEVIL'S PASS KEY LC '20 Erich Von Stroheim's sensational triumph of adultery, rare! Date Sold 12/15/2016Sold 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) Von Stroheim's The Devil's Pass Key, the 1920 Erich Von Stroheim silent romantic love triangle adultery melodrama ("Carl Laemmle offers Von Stroheim's Sensational Triumph"; "It's a Universal Jewel"; "The great picture of the year"; "From the story by Baroness De Meyer"; about a rich American playwright who has an unfaithful wife; she starts an affair with an Army officer while he is suffering from writer's block; gossip columnists write blind items about her affair, and the playwright reads the story, and incorporates it into his latest play, not realizing it is referring to his own wife!; the play is a smash hit, and everyone but the playwright knows the truth, and at a party celebrating his play's success, the three principals are all present, and the truth threatens to come out) starring Sam De Grasse, Una Trevelyn, Clyde Fillmore, Maude George, Leo White, and Mae Busch. Note that this is a "lost" film, which means that no surviving copies are thought to exist. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that we have seen two entirely different lobby cards from this movie (a different layout as to the credits and the size of the borders), and we think that this is one of the movies that Universal made two complete sets on (they did it with several of their other top movies of the 1920s). If anyone knows more about this, please e-mail us and we will post it here. Also note that this is a hand-colored lobby card. In the days of silent movies prior to the invention of good quality full-color printing, studios would have stills printed in black and white and then amazingly would hire women to hand-color the lobby cards one at a time (labor was very cheap at the time)! So, each card is colored slightly differently, and the coloring is never a perfect match, and since it is water color paint, it sometimes "runs", because simple contact with water will remove the paint. 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: very good. There are some pinholes, tiny creases, and a few faint smudges around the edges. Otherwise, the card is in nice condition. 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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