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Auction History Result 5w517 AMERICAN TRAGEDY LC '31 Phillips Holmes, Middleton, directed by Joseph von Sternberg, rare! Date Sold 3/24/2016 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) An American Tragedy, the 1931 Josef von Sternberg romantic love triangle murder courtroom lawyer legal melodrama ("Based upon the novel 'An American Tragedy' by Theodore Dreiser"; about a working class man with a working class girlfriend, but then he acquires a rich girlfriend, and it seems that he will have a wonderful life, but his first girlfriend turns up pregnant, and he is sorely tempted to do anything to get her out of the picture) starring Phillips Holmes, Sylvia Sidney, Frances Dee, Irving Pichel, Frederick Burton, and Charles Middleton. Note that this movie was re-made in 1951 under the title "A Place in the Sun", with Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, and Shelley Winters in the lead roles. Note that Phillips Holmes had made an impression in some movies in the late 1920s. In 1931, he would get the lead in the first version of this movie, which made it seem like he would become a major star, but that didn't materialize. He had a major affair with Libby Holman, but that was certainly complicated, and when they broke up, she immediately married his brother! Oddly, years later, Holman would have another very complicated affair with Montgomery Clift, who played the same part in the remake of "An American Tragedy", re-titled "A Place in the Sun". Sadly, Holmes died in a plane crash in 1942. I am very surprised no one has made a movie about his life, or a joint movie about him and Libby Holman! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that first release 1931 movie paper from this Josef von Sternberg movie is incredibly rare. We have never auctioned even a single poster or lobby card (only a single jumbo lobby card, and that was 19 years ago!) from this movie 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. The card has darkened somewhat, typical of Paramount lobby cards of this period. There is paper loss in the top left blank corner and some creases in small parts of the borders, with a small tear and two tiny tears in the left border, and the tiniest of paper loss in the right of the top border. Otherwise, the card is in nice condition. Note that this lobby 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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