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Auction History Result 5r1024 BIG CHANCE TC 1933 young Mickey Rooney with John Darrow & Merna Kennedy, ultra rare! Date Sold 12/21/2023 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 Big Chance, the 1933 Albert Herman romantic boxing sports gambling crime action adventure melodrama (this movie combines every boxing movie cliche, and many of them were likely first used in this movie!; there is a young boxer who is the contender for the championship, and he makes a deal with the champ to take a dive in their championship match, but while he is training, he meets a 10 year old boy who idolizes him, and he meets the boy's older sister, and they fall in love, and he starts to have second thoughts about throwing the fight, so the champ sends his sexy girlfriend to seduce the contender, and when that doesn't work, and the boy overhears what they are planning, the champ's men kidnap the boy, but their plans backfire when the contender rescues the boy and he confesses to his girlfriend, and she tells him he has to win the fight to prove his honesty, and he says he is not good enough, and he is taking a terrible beating in the match, but ultimately, he knocks out the champ and proposes to his girlfriend, who is listening over the radio) starring John Darrow, Merna Kennedy, Mickey Rooney, Natalie Moorhead, and J. Carrol Naish. Also note that this is one of 50 "Mickey McGuire" shorts that Mickey Rooney starred in between 1927 and 1933 (he started when he was only six years old!). After 1933, he had a brief "lull" in his career, but he soon resurfaced as a top teen actor, and it was not long before he moved to the top of the box office in his roles in MGM movies, both in the Andy Hardy series, and in musicals with Judy Garland. 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 (we auctioned the same poster twice) and a three-sheet 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: very good. Note that this card is completely unrestored and there is not a single piece of tape on either the front or back! Learn More about condition grades 
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