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Auction History Result 4w0058 BLACK LEGION TC 1936 Humphrey Bogart, great art of hooded Ku Klux Klan-like man, very rare! Date Sold 6/25/2020 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Title Lobby Card (LC TC; measures 11" x 14" [28 x 36 cm]) (Learn More) Black Legion, the 1936 Archie Mayo Ku Klux Klan-like lawyer legal crime thriller (Warner Bros. would not attack the Klan directly by having the group in the movie be actual Ku Klux Klan members, but everybody watching the movie knew what was intended; what is most interesting about the movie is that Bogart plays a pretty nice factory worker who loses his job to an immigrant, and he is convinced to join the Klan, and afterwards, he essentially turns into a really monstrous guy!) starring Humphrey Bogart, Dick Foran, Erin O'Brien-Moore, Ann Sheridan, Robert Barrat, Joe Sawyer (billed as "Joseph Sawyer"), Addison Richards, Eddie Acuff, Paul Harvey, Dickie Jones, and Helen Flint. Note that the Breen office had many problems with the script for this movie (written by Robert Lord, who was nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay), specifically because of the racial and religious prejudice addressed in the movie. It seems that Warner Bros. was unsure of how to best promote this movie. The few original posters we have seen have a very small image of Humphrey Bogart, and he is not billed on the lobby cards! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that we have only previously auctioned one example of this first release title card, and it sold for $376. All first release posters and lobby cards are very rare on this movie, perhaps because it received a quick 1940s re-release, or perhaps because of the subject matter. We recently auctioned a first release insert, which we had never auctioned before, and it sold for $2,700! 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: fair. The card had tears and paper loss around the edges, with a long vertical tear down the right side of the card and one extending into the top of the man's head and one extending into the background by his head. Someone put tape on the back of all the tears and performed slight amateur restoration to the front, but otherwise left things as they were. Obviously, a talented restorer could "rescue" this extremely rare card, but bear in mind its many defects before bidding on it. Learn More about condition grades 
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