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Auction History Result 5t0643 FAST & LOOSE LC 1930 Charles Starrett in tuxedo by Miriam Hopkins with phone on bed, rare! Date Sold 1/16/2024 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Lobby Card (LC; measures 11" x 14" [28 x 36 cm]) (Learn More) Fast and Loose, the 1930 Fred C. Newmeyer New York City family relationship romantic comedy (based on the play by David Gray & Avery Hopwood; about a rich family on Long Island in New York City who has a rebellious son and daughter; the son takes up with a chorus girl, and the daughter takes up with the chauffeur, both scandalizing their parents) starring Frank Morgan, Carole Lombard, Miriam Hopkins, Henry Wadsworth, and Charles Starrett. Note that this movie was based on a play that had been previously turned into a movie in 1925, called "The Best People", starring Warner Baxter and Esther Ralston, and the theme of the movie made a lot of sense during the Roaring Twenties. But for this 1930 remake, after the start of the Depression, Paramount wanted to change the feeling of the movie somewhat, and they hired a very young Preston Sturges, who was just starting out in the film business, to write new dialog for this new version, and he livened up the movie considerably (and helped his career as well!). Miriam Hopkins made her film debut here, at the age of 28, and since she had had Broadway experience, she was given a leading role, and she did quite well, and it quickly led to starring roles. Carole Lombard had been in movies for five years, but without much success, but it was in this movie that she really got noticed (and where she added the "e" to "Carol" for the first time, but we imagine that was a coincidence). NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that ANY movie paper items from this movie are incredibly rare. We have only previously auctioned a one-sheet (29 years ago), two Swedish posters, a window card and a few stills from this movie (and NO other movie paper) until we received this lobby card! 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: good. The card has darkened, typical of Paramount lobby cards of this period. There are tiny tears and small paper loss in the right blank border, as well as paper loss in the bottom left blank corner. A small part of the top right blank corner was completely detached and someone repaired it with tape from the back, and there is also a 1" tear in the right of the top border that was also repaired with tape from the back. There are creases around the edges and someone put tape on the back of some creases in the bottom center. There are some faint smudges in the left background area, but they are mostly only noticeable when the card is tilted to the light. Please look at our super-sized images to get a good sense of the exact condition of this card. Learn More about condition grades 
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