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KING OF KINGS ('27) KING OF KINGS ('27) German Ross Postcard OR search current auctions Auction History Result 1m221 KING OF KINGS set of 3 German Ross postcards '27 H.B. Warner carrying cross & more! Date Sold 10/9/2016Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. 3 Original Vintage German Ross Postcard (measures 3 1/2" x 5 1/2" [9 x 14 cm]) (Learn More) Cecil B. DeMille's The King of Kings, the 1927 Cecil B. DeMille silent historical life-of-Christ religious Biblical epic melodrama ("Cecil B. DeMille's supreme dramatic spectacle King of Kings"; "The simple Christian story... portrayed with reverence, power and great beauty!"; "Story by Jeanie Macpherson") starring H.B. Warner (as Jesus Christ), Dorothy Cumming (as Mother Mary), Ernest Torrence (as Peter), Joseph Schildkraut (as Judas), Jim Mason (not to be confused with the English actor James Mason!; as Gestas the Unrepenting Thief), Victor Varconi (as Pontius Pilate), Majel Coleman (as Proculla, Pilate's wife), Jacqueline Logan (as Mary Magdalene), William Boyd, Lionel Belmore, May Robson, Rex Ingram, Noble Johnson, Jack Padjan, and Ayn Rand (the author of "The Fountainhead", in a bit part as an extra!). Note that there was a later version of this movie in 1961, but that was directed by Nicholas Ray and it starred Jeffrey Hunter as Jesus. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that these German Ross postcards measure 3 1/2" x 5 1/2" [9 x 14 cm]. Also note that in the 1920s and 1930s in Germany, it became a common practice to pass out 3 1/2" x 5 1/2" "Ross postcards" to the people who attended a movie. These were postcards that people could send through the mail (each had a picture of one of the movie's stars on it, and standard postcard markings on the other side). But these were also sent to theaters where the stars would make personal appearances, and members of the audience would get the stars to autograph them if they could, but of course, the cards themselves did not come autographed! Sometimes the theaters would cut four slits in the upper left of the front cover of the program for that movie and have the "Ross postcards" inserted into that area, so that the audience members would get the program and the card together! We imagine that theaters hoped that audience members would mail the postcards after they saw the movie to friends, telling them how much they enjoyed it, thus creating advertising for the movie. These are often called "Ross autograph cards" by collectors, because moviegoers did often obtain autographs on them. Ross postcards are quite collectible, signed or unsigned, but of course, they are worth far more signed. They are often quite rare, because most German paper of all kinds from before World War II was destroyed during the war, due to the massive paper shortages there at that time. Condition: good to very good. Learn More about condition grades
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