eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 6c0035 CONFESSIONS OF A NAZI SPY TC 1939 great moody art of Edward G. Robinson by swastika! Date Sold 10/15/2020Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Title Lobby Card (LC TC; 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, in addition to this title card, we are also auctioning all seven of the "regular" scene cards from this movie, in seven separate auctions (see below for more about these cards). Note that Warner Bros. did something very unusual with the lobby cards for this movie! They created what APPEARS to be TWO completely different lobby card sets (read on to see why I say "appears to be"). On one of the sets, each of the eight cards looks exactly like a "title card", but each has a very different image. However, this card is the same as the half-sheet, so we consider this card to be the true "title card", but the other seven "scenes cards" from that set 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 title card served as the title card for both sets, meaning there were 15 cards in all, not 16! 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. 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: good to very good. The card has darkened, typical of Warner Bros. linen lobby cards of this period. There are pairs of staple holes scattered throughout the card, more so around the edges. There is a 1" tear in the upper left border that was repaired with tape from the back. Learn More about condition grades
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