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This is an eMoviePoster.com stock image. What does this mean?  Auction History Result Lot #: #146 HARD TO HANDLE title lobby card '33 classic James Cagney image!!  Date Sold 12/18/2004Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. Appears in Vintage Hollywood Posters 8 CATALOG SOLD OUT The image at right appears in the auction catalog we published as shown above and was sold long ago and we do NOT have it available for purchase. An Original Vintage Theatrical Paperbacked Movie Title Lobby Card (measures 11" x 14") (Learn More) Hard to Handle, the 1933 Mervyn LeRoy con man romantic crime comedy (about a lovable con man who is himself conned out of a lot of money, and then he must pull a series of small cons to make up for the money he lost) starring James Cagney ("Hey folks. He's in again"; "He's back again"), Mary Brian, Allen Jekins, Ruth Donnelly, Claire Dodd, Robert McWade, and Matt McHugh (brother of Frank McHugh who was a Warner Bro regular and good friend of James Cagney). Prior to the making of this movie, James Cagney was one of the very first Hollywood stars to rebel against the studio system, whereby the studios signed up-and-coming actors to long-term contracts, and then control their lives for years, and make millions from their efforts if they became major stars, but holding them to the terms of their contract! Cagney not only wanted more money, but he hated Warner Bros. forcing him to make one gangster picture after another, when his roots were in the Broadway stage, and he was capable of starring in any genre, including musicals (as he was to prove in years to come). He went "on strike" and refused to make any movies unless Warner Bros. agreed to renegotiate his contract, and give him more of a say in what movies he made. After a long holdout, Warner Bros. gave in to his demands, and renegotiated his contract. His first movie upon his return was this one, where Cagney plays a con man who tries to go straight, with mixed results. The title refers to Cagney's character in the movie, but it was also an in-joke that equally applied to Cagney himself, because Warner Bros. truly did find him very "hard to handle"! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that this poster has been paperbacked. This means the poster was backed onto a board backing (acid-free), that is similar in feel to that of the original poster (except that it is slightly heavier). It is a similar process to linenbacking, except that most collectors use linenbacking for one-sheets and paperbacking for half-sheets, inserts, window cards, and lobby cards. Condition: very good to fine. prior to paperbacking, the image area of the card was in quite nice condition, with next-to-no defects of any kind; there was tiny paper loss across the extreme outer edge of the top and right borders, and some smudges in all the borders. The master restorers at Studio C replaced the extremely tiny missing areas in the top border with new paper (I think very few people would realize this unless it was specifically told to them!), and removed the smudges in the blank borders through expert chemical means. The restoration was extremely well done, and it is almost completely invisible to the eye. Given that there was no restoration of any kind performed in the image area, I can't imagine a collector who would not be happy owning this rare and wonderful card! Learn More about condition grades 
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