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Auction History Result 8z0826 PUBLIC MENACE TC 1935 even Public Enemy No. 1 is scared of beautiful Jean Arthur, very rare! Date Sold 6/10/2021 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) The Public Menace, the 1935 Erle C. Kenton romantic murder mystery melodrama ("The police want her to talk! Public Enemy No. 1 wants to silence her... forever!"; "Girl trails killer! The hunt is on for - The Public Menace"; "Even Public Enemy No. 1 is scared of her!"; a strange story of a Greek woman on a cruise ship who meets a reporter, and she asks him to marry her, so she can stay in the U.S., but he reasonably asks her why he should do it, and she tells him she has a great tip on a gangster, and the reporter marries her and the story is printed, but it turns out she made up the story, so the reporter is fired, and then she tries to make it up to him) starring Jean Arthur (as the Greek woman!), George Murphy, Douglass Dumbrille, George McKay, and Robert Middlemass. Note that reviews of this movie indicate that it starts out as a sort of screwball romantic comedy, and then veers into melodrama, and that it doesn't succeed well at either. The following year, Jean Arthur would make a similar movie, called "The Whole Town's Talking", with Edward G. Robinson, and that veered between comedy and crime melodrama, and did so very successfully! Perhaps part of the reason this movie doesn't work well is that it started out as "Lady Beware" in 1934, with Miriam Hopkins in it in addition to Jean Arthur and George Murphy, and apparently her part was either re-cast or cut out, and then in 1935 it was re-titled to "Lady of New York" and no doubt the movie was changed quite a bit as well, and later in 1935, it finally became "Public Menace"! If anyone knows more about this, please e-mail us and we will post it here. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that we have only previously auctioned one example of this title card, and that was in a complete set! 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 gelbacking? Learn More Condition: good to very good. The card had pinholes, small tape stains, and tiny paper loss around the edges, with tiny pinholes between the title and the man's hat. It had a few faint scuffs scattered in the image. Overall, the card was in good to very good condition prior to restoration. A talented restorer gel backed the card (meaning they backed the card onto a gel material) and they then performed excellent restoration to the above defects, and then removed the gel backing, so that the card still exactly looks and feels like an original card (and it is!), with no backing at all. You can see slight signs of the restoration, but the card displays really well! Learn More about condition grades 
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