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Auction History Result 6c0707 SHADOWS LC 1922 Lon Chaney Sr. in yellowface makeup giving De La Motte wedding present, rare! Date Sold 10/15/2020 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) Shadows, the 1922 Tom Forman silent Chinatown romantic religious blackmail melodrama (adapted from the "famous prize story 'Ching Ching Chinaman' by Wilbur Daniel Steele"; about a Chinese man who is shipwrecked and ends up in a deeply Christian town, and he is shunned, because he is a "heathen", so he converts to Christianity) starring Lon Chaney Sr. (playing a Chinese man, in heavy makeup), Marguerite De La Motte, Harrison Ford (not the same Harrison Ford that we know as an actor today, but a very popular leading man of the 1920s), John St. Polis, and Walter Long. Note that the advertising for this movie included the classic three monkeys with the "see no evil, hear no evil, say no evil", and they claim that this originated in the "Far East", where this was the symbol of "The Golden Rule". NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that when this movie was first released in 1922, Lon Chaney was not yet a big enough star to merit being billed on the lobby cards, but the movie was re-released within the next few years, and then his credit was added to the scene lobby cards. This card is from the 1922 first release, when Chaney was not billed on the lobby cards (there would be another card with the same scene where Chaney is billed, and that one is from the 1920s re-release. 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 was folded down the center and there are some faint scuffs in that area. See our super-sized images to get a good sense of the condition of this card. 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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