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Auction History Result 9j0713 DRACULA linen LC 1931 super c/u of Bela Lugosi staring at Helen Chandler's neck, ultra rare! Date Sold 8/3/2021 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked Movie Lobby Card (LC; measures 11" x 14" [28 x 36 cm]) (Learn More) Dracula, the classic 1931 Tod Browning Universal vampire monster horror thriller ("The Greatest of all Horror Thrillers"; "The Vampire Thriller!"; "The story of the strangest passion the world has ever known!"; "Do vampires really exist?"; "From the famous novel & play by Bram Stoker") starring Bela Lugosi (in the title role as Count Dracula), David Manners, Helen Chandler, Dwight Frye (if there had been a Best Supporting Actor Academy Award in 1931, Frye would have surely won it for his wild over-the-top portrayal as Renfield!), Edward Van Sloan (as Professor Abraham Van Helsing), Frances Dade, and Herbert Bunston NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that we have only auctioned three examples of this card, but the last time was 23 years ago! 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 linenbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: fair. Some theater needed a still from this movie, and they took this wonderful card and trimmed the image area to roughly 8" x 10", preserving most of the image, but losing all of the title and credits. The card also had some smudges and stains in the image. Many years ago, a talented restorer (likely Igor Edelman) linenbacked the card and recreated the missing portions, including all of the title and credits. Obviously, one would much prefer to have a complete card, but examples of this card are very rarely seen at auction or for sale! We leave it to bidders to decide how they value this card (we have placed a grade of "fair" on it, but of course, it is difficult to grade incomplete items that have had their missing portions recreated). Please look closely at our super-sized image and read the above before bidding on this card. Learn More about condition grades 
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