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Auction History Result 9j0806 LILY OF THE DUST LC 1924 c/u of Pola Negri toasting with Ben Lyon & old man, very rare! Date Sold 8/3/2021 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) Lily of the Dust, the 1924 Dimitri Buchowetzki silent romantic love triangle melodrama ("The Story of a Girl Who Fascinated Many Men!"; "From the novel by Hermann Sudermann and the play by Edward Sheldon Adapted by Paul Bern"; about a girl who goes to work in a bookstore after her mother goes insane, and she gets involved in a love triangle with a young Lieutenant and his commanding officer!) starring Pola Negri (in the title role as Lily), Ben Lyon, Noah Beery Sr., Raymond Griffith, Jeanette Daudet, and William J. Kelly. Note that Pola Negri had been a huge European star, but her first few American movies were not all that successful, so Paramount imported Russian director Dimitri Buchowetzki, who had directed her in Europe, in the hopes that he could match his successes in the United States. They hired Paul Bern (who later achieved fame as the husband of Jean Harlow, who committed suicide under cryptic circumstances) to write the screenplay. The pair wrote and directed "Men" in 1924, and then followed it up immediately with this movie, "Lily of the Dust". But Negri never matched her European success, and Buchowetzki had little success in the U.S. either. This is a "lost" film, which means that no surviving copies are thought to exist. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: 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. The entire card has darkened somewhat. It has tack holes, smudges, and small stains around the edges. There are a few tiny stains scattered in the image. This is the sort of card that responds really well to professional restoration. It is likely that much or all of the smudges and stains can be removed through chemical means, and of course, most of the pinholes are in the blank borders, and after proper restoration, the card will display well. Please look closely at our images of the front and back of this card before bidding. Note that this 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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