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Auction History Result 1a0887 WOLF MAN LC 1941 Maria Ouspenskaya finds unconscious Lon Chaney Jr. as the monster, rare! Date Sold 10/31/2021 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. A Paperbacked Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Lobby Card (LC; measures 11" x 14" [28 x 36 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 this is an incredibly rare card! We auctioned one as part of a complete set in 1993, and then the only time we had it since then was in 2014, when we auctioned this very same card (which, at that time, had been trimmed to 8" x 9 3/4"). The person who bought it in 2014 has now had it expertly restored and has reconsigned it to us, so it is still only the second example of this card we have ever auctioned! Note that this lobby card has been paperbacked. What is paperbacking? This means the lobby card was backed onto a heavy paper backing (acid-free), that is similar in feel to that of the original lobby card (except somewhat heavier). It is a similar process to linenbacking, except that most collectors use linenbacking for one-sheets and paperbacking for half-sheets, inserts, window cards, and lobby cards. 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. 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. What IS paperbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: fair to good. Prior to restoration, the card had been trimmed to 8" x 9 3/4" (which affected all of the top and right blank borders, but also all of the bottom of the image below Chaney's lower hand, which was mostly background area). More importantly, the entire left of the card was trimmed off 1" to the left of Chaney's head, so that means that between the two cuts at left and bottom, all of the border art, title, and printing at the bottom were missing, except for a tiny bit of the hand of the Wolf Man in the border art. Of course, this means that almost all of the actual image was present except for background areas at left and bottom. It also had tiny surface paper loss in the top of Chaney's hair and a tiny bit of surface paper loss in the top of the right border. A talented restorer paperbacked the card and in the process recreated the missing areas on all four sides, and we would think that many collectors would never realize the extent of the restoration, even when looking at the card close up. However, it is obviously a major consideration that this card was 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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