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Auction History Result 4d0326 JACK FROST 4 LCs 1934 great scenes, incredible Ub Iwerks art, ComiColor cartoon, rare! Date Sold 5/3/2020 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. 4 Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Lobby Cards (LCs; measure 11" x 14" [28 x 36 cm]) (Learn More) Jack Frost, the 1934 Ub Iwerks ComiColor animated animation cartoon short (about a baby bear that declares it is not afraid of winter, because of his warm coat, and he runs away from home, but then Old Man Winter makes him freezing cold, but fortunately, Jack Frost shows up to rescue him). After being instrumental in the creation of Mickey Mouse for Walt Disney, Ub Iwerks (full name Ubbe Iwerks) was hired away from Disney by P.A. Powers of Celebrity Productions to create a series of cartoons based on classic fairy tales (Iwerks was able to be hired away, both because he did not share in the financial rewards that Disney obtained from his work on Mickey Mouse and other early Disney characters, and also because Iwerks was barely credited for his work). Iwerks not only drew the ComiColor cartoons, but he also drew the one-sheets (and a 4-card full-color lobby card set) created to promote each of them. Unfortunately, this series of cartoons did not perform well at the box office, and late in the series, they switched from individual one-sheets for each cartoon to a stock poster with different titles printed in the middle. After 25 cartoons, Powers folded Celebrity Productions and Iwerks was forced to return to Disney. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that, as noted above, the wonderful art on these four lobby cards is by the legendary Ub Iwerks! Also note that only 4 lobby cards were produced for this cartoon short, and this is the complete set. It was quite common for studios to only make sets of four for short subjects or low budget movies (or re-releases of big budget movies), because it allowed them to print the sets at half the cost, and on shorts and low budget movies, they tried to save money any way they could (especially since it is likely few theaters even bothered to order lobby cards for these titles, since they were likely shown in addition to a better movie). Condition: very good. The cards have darkened slightly, typical of all of the cards known that have survived from these ComiColor cartoons. The card with the close-up of Jack Frost has a 4" tear in the upper left corner that almost detached that piece from the restoration of the card and there is paper tape on the back of that corner. Otherwise, each of the cards has just a few minor border defects, and they are basically in pretty nice condition. Included with the set is the cover of the brown bag that they were stored in (only the front of the bag, and not the back, but the front is the part that has the printed information, including Iwerks' name). It will be sent together with the set of cards to the high bidder. Learn More about condition grades 
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