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Auction History Result 3r1306 PATHS TO PARADISE LC 1925 Raymond Griffith is a con man in San Francisco's Chinatown, rare! Date Sold 3/5/2020 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Lobby Card (LC; measures 11" x 14" [28 x 36 cm]) (Learn More) Paths to Paradise, the 1925 Clarence G. Badger silent San Francisco California romantic crime comedy (based on the play by Paul Armstrong; "A rollicking comedy of two crooks who make you laugh all the way from San Francisco to Mexico -- and back again"; a very clever story about a con woman in San Francisco's Chinatown who tells tourists she can show them what the "underworld" looks like, and when she does that, she robs them; but then one of her customers turns out to be a detective who she bribes to let her go, but it turns out he is a con man himself who was posing as a detective!; later, they meet at a fancy party, where he is again posing as the detective and she is posing as a maid, and they both want to steal an expensive necklace, and they agree to join forces, and they get away with it, and then escape to Mexico, but she convinces him that they would do better being honest, and they return the necklace and start their new life together) starring Betty Compson, Raymond Griffith, Noah Beery Sr., Tom Santschi, and Bert Woodruff. Note that this movie was loosely remade in 1945 as "Hold That Blonde!" with Eddie Bracken and Veronica Lake. Note that this is a "lost" film, which means that no surviving complete copies are thought to exist. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that first release 1925 movie paper items from this movie are incredibly rare. We have only auctioned a herald from this movie until we received this lobby card! 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: very good. There is a tiny bit of paper loss in the bottom left blank corner and tiny scuffs in the left of the top border. Otherwise, the card is in nice condition. Note that this lobby card is completely unrestored and there is not a single piece of tape on either the front or back! Learn More about condition grades 
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