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Auction History Result 9j205 WOLF MAN LC '41 close up of werewolf Lon Chaney Jr. holding unconscious Evelyn Ankers! Date Sold 7/20/2014 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Lobby Card (LC; measures 8" x 9 3/4" [20 x 25 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 sometimes theaters would not have 8x10s to display in their 8x10 frames, so they would take an 11" x 14" lobby card, and trim out an 8" x 10" portion of the image and use that instead! Obviously, one would much prefer to have the complete lobby card, but in the case of a great lobby card like this one, sometimes this is the only way you can possibly afford to purchase it. There HAVE been cases where cards like these have had professional restorers expertly replace the entire missing area, and sometimes those cards have been auctioned without revealing to the buyers the extent of the restoration, but we certainly hope that would never happen with THIS card! Condition: fair. The card has been trimmed to 8" x 9 3/4" (see above). It had a 1/2" tear in the upper left border that once had a piece of tape on the back of it. The card was once attached to an album page, with much drizzled glue scattered over the back, and it was removed, and there are remnants of the glue and the black album page scattered over the back, but it does not affect the front. Obviously, it is a major consideration that this card has been so heavily trimmed, so be sure to bear that in mind before placing a bid on it. Learn More about condition grades 
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