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Auction History Result 6p0643 CONFESSIONS OF A NAZI SPY LC 1939 moody montage of Edward G. Robinson & co-stars, ultra rare! Date Sold 6/4/2024 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) Confessions of a Nazi Spy, the 1939 Anatole Litvak World War II (WWII) spy espionage crime thriller ("Trapped! by the America they tried to betray... by the government they tried to destroy... by the viciousness of their own traitorous schemes!"; "Sensational drama about Nazi activity in America!"; "You won't dare see this picture if you take orders from Them!"; "These hands....... must be caught"; "Based on materials gathered by Leon G. Turrou, 'Ace G-Man'"; Robinson is a federal agent posing as a Nazi spy to infiltrate a major spy ring) starring Edward G. Robinson, Francis Lederer, Lya Lys, Henry O'Neill, George Sanders, Paul Lukas, Sig Ruman, Dorothy Tree, Lionel Royce, Henry Victor, and Hans Heinrich von Twardowski. Note that one of Warner Bros' executives was murdered by the Nazis in Germany in the 1930s, which caused that studio to be the first to cease distributing their movies in Germany. They also were the first major studio to make this openly anti-Nazi movie, which pulled no punches! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that we have auctioned many lobby cards from this movie, but we have only previously auctioned one example of THIS card, and that example was only in "fair" condition. We are also currently auctioning two other lobby cards from this movie in a separate auction. Note that Warner Bros. did something very unusual with the lobby cards for this movie! They created what APPEARS to be TWO completely different lobby card sets (read on to see why I say "appears to be"). On one of the sets, each of the eight cards looks exactly like a "title card", but each has a very different image. However, one of those eight cards is the same as the half-sheet, so we consider that the true "title card", but the other seven "scenes cards" from that set absolutely look just like title cards. In addition, Warner Bros. also created seven "regular" scene cards showing actors from the movie. Those seven scene cards have been found with the title card from the other set described above, so we imagine that title card served as the title card for both sets, meaning there were 15 cards in all, not 16! We don't know of Warner Bros. doing this for any other movie in the 1930s, but of course, this was a very special movie. If anyone knows more about this, please e-mail us and we will post it here. Condition: good to very good. The card has slightly darkened, typical of Warner Bros. linen lobby cards of this period, but it is not at all fragile, which is a big plus! The card had a pinhole in the top center by the woman's hair and some tiny creases and scuff marks scattered around the edges of the image, but not in Robinson's face. There is also light rippling across the bottom of the card. Someone put a small piece of tape on the back of the pinhole and performed touch up to those marks around the edges of the image without backing the card. When you look at it straight on, it displays really well, but you can see the restoration when you tilt it to the light. Since it won't be displayed tilted to the light, we feel the card deserves a "good to very good" grade, but bear the above in mind and look at our super-sized image before bidding on this really cool and rare card. Learn More about condition grades 
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