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Auction History Result 8d916 BROKEN BLOSSOMS 2 laminated 8x10 LCs '19 Lillian Gish, Barthelmess, D.W. Griffith, rare! Date Sold 7/3/2016 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. 2 LAMINATED Original Vintage Theatrical 8" x 10" [20 x 25 cm] Movie Lobby Card (Learn More) D.W. Griffith's Broken Blossoms, the 1919 D.W. Griffith silent interracial romance family relationship boxing murder melodrama (a wonderfully wild story about a Chinese man who comes to London in order to teach Buddhist pacifism to the English people, and he is called "The Yellow Man", and he ends up a disillusioned shop owner, but then he meets the daughter of a boxer who is abused by her father, and he tries to save her, including dressing her as a princess and giving her the first happiness she has known, but her father drags her back home, and when he goes to rescue her, he discovers her father has killed her in a fit of rage, and he takes her body back, and commits ritual suicide so he can be with her in death!) starring Lillian Gish, Richard Barthelmess (as "The Yellow Man"), Donald Crisp, Arthur Howard, and Edward Peil Sr. Note that because Hollywood would not have an actual Asian play a lead role in a romantic melodrama, Richard Barthelmess wore "yellowface" makeup! Note that, as was common in early Hollywood, non-Asian actors were hired to play Asians, and they did this through the use of "yellowface" makeup (similar to "blackface" makeup that had been used for so long). Often, this was in movies that featured "interracial romances" between Asians and westerners, and those who participated in such romances were shunned and often they led to murders or suicides. Thankfully, these sorts of movies and the practice of actors performing in "yellowface" has almost completely been abandoned! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that first release 1919 movie paper from this D.W. Griffith movie is incredibly rare. We only auctioned a pair of lobby cards (and that was 22 years ago) from this movie until we received these 8x10 lobby cards! Also note that, in the early days of movie making, when lobby cards were first made (around 1915), studios would issue sets of the cards in two sizes; the regular 11" x 14" size, and a smaller 8" x 10" size. The cards were identical in every way except for the different size. This practice continued through the early 1920s, at which point the studios abandoned the smaller lobby cards, likely because theaters either ordered 11" x 14" lobby cards or 8" x 10" stills, and did not order enough of the 8" x 10" lobby cards to justify them continuing to make them. Note that these 8x10 lobby cards have been laminated! It is quite likely that there is no way to reverse this process. However, I have seen many lobby cards that have been laminated for over 20 years, and the lamination does not hurt the cards in any way, plus it seems to completely protect them, while allowing them to be easily displayed with no fear of damage. HOWEVER, PLEASE DO NOT BID ON THESE LOBBY CARDS UNLESS YOU WANT TO PURCHASE LAMINATED LOBBY CARDS! Condition: good. Both 8x10 lobby cards had pinholes in the corners and one had a pinhole in the top center. Each card was then laminated. The lamination has not hurt them at all, and they display well. HOWEVER, PLEASE DO NOT BID ON THESE LOBBY CARDS UNLESS YOU WANT TO PURCHASE LAMINATED LOBBY CARDS! Learn More about condition grades 
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