eMoviePoster.com

What are the objects in the corners of some images? Learn More

Die Herrin Der Welt 2. Teil - Die Geschichte Der Maud Gregaards (released in the U.S. in 1922 as "Mistress of the World: The Race For Life"), the 1919 Joe May German silent China adventure thriller ("A series of four Paramount Pictures"; "From the novel by Carl Figdor") starring Mia May, Michael Bohnen, Lewis Brody, Nien Soen Ling, and Henry Sze. Note that this movie was made in Germany, and is widely considered to be the first "epic" German film ever made! It was released in eight parts in Germany by UFA (but was released in the United States by Paramount in four parts, combining two of the parts in each section, and each movie was presented as though it was entirely separate from the others). The plot of the movie is really wild. It seems that the Queen of Sheba gave King Solomon a treasure that ended up in China, and there is a map that leads to the treasure. A Danish woman answers an advertisement and goes to China to be a governess (just like in "The King and I"), but she is kidnapped when she gets there, and is forced to be a prostitute (not like "The King and I"!). She has many adventures, including meeting "The Rabbi of Kuan-Fu" (we are not sure what a rabbi was doing in China at this time), and the rabbi has the treasure map, but he dies before he can fully explain. After many more adventures, the young Danish woman finds the treasure and becomes the richest woman in the world, and sets out to "rule the world". She also seeks revenge against people who have wronged her, including ruining their lives and driving them to suicide (shades of "The Count of Monte Cristo"). Interestingly, the movie was going to be titled "The Countess of Monte Cristo"! The movie was produced by Joe May and starred his wife Mia May (she is the only actor who appears in all of the eight parts). Because the eight parts of the movie took place all over the world, the studio had to create a huge number of elaborate sets. The movie cost many millions of dollars to produce, and was the most expensive movie made in Germany to that time. At the time it was made and in the next two decades, it was widely regarded as one of the most important German movies ever, but in recent years, it has become almost completely forgotten. Perhaps it will be "rediscovered" someday, and assume its proper place in film history.
NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography.

Important Added Info: Note that ANY movie paper from this movie is incredibly rare. We have only previously auctioned a small group of stills, and NO other movie paper from this movie until we received this poster! Also note that people think of alligators and crocodiles as being from swamps or jungles, and this movie took place in China, where they have Yangtze alligators! Note that the vast majority of collectors would assume that this is a title card, but it is not! In the mid to late 1920s, Paramount made many sets of lobby cards where the seven scene cards all LOOK like title cards, but the actual title card is different from the seven scene cards (not too long after this, Paramount abandoned title cards altogether for the most part for the next forty-odd years, instead using a posed portrait of the stars in place of a title card). In the case of this set, ALL eight cards seem to be scene cards! This scene card is from one of those sets where the scene cards are commonly mistaken for title cards. Please do not bid on it thinking it is a title card, as it is a scene card!

Note that this lobby card has been laminated! It is quite likely that there is no way to reverse this process. However, I have seen many lobby cards that have been laminated for over 20 years, and the lamination does not hurt the cards in any way, plus it seems to completely protect them, while allowing them to be easily displayed with no fear of damage. HOWEVER, PLEASE DO NOT BID ON THIS LOBBY CARD UNLESS YOU WANT TO PURCHASE A LAMINATED LOBBY CARD!

Our address for UPS or FedEx only is:
Bruce Hershenson,
306 Washington Avenue, West Plains, MO 65775