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Auction History Result 9j153 BLACK LEGION LC '36 close up of Klan member Humphrey Bogart being arrested by two cops! Date Sold 7/20/2014 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) Black Legion, the 1936 Archie Mayo Ku Klux Klan-like lawyer legal crime thriller (Warner Bros. would not attack the Klan directly by having the group in the movie be actual Ku Klux Klan members, but everybody watching the movie knew what was intended; what is most interesting about the movie is that Bogart plays a pretty nice factory worker who loses his job to an immigrant, and he is convinced to join the Klan, and afterwards, he essentially turns into a really monstrous guy!) starring Humphrey Bogart, Dick Foran, Erin O'Brien-Moore, Ann Sheridan, Robert Barrat, Joe Sawyer (billed as "Joseph Sawyer"), Addison Richards, Eddie Acuff, Paul Harvey, Dickie Jones, and Helen Flint. Note that the Breen office had many problems with the script for this movie (written by Robert Lord, who was nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay), specifically because of the racial and religious prejudice addressed in the movie. It seems that Warner Bros. was unsure of how to best promote this movie. The few original posters we have seen have a very small image of Humphrey Bogart, and he is not billed on the lobby cards! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that first release 1936 movie paper from this movie is incredibly rare! We have never auctioned a first release poster, and we have only auctioned three first release lobby cards, and a script. Condition: good to very good. The card has darkened somewhat, typical of Warner Bros. lobby cards of this period. The card had a 3" diagonal tear in the left of the top border going through the right of the policeman's hat. It had some water stains around the edges. It had a 1 1/2" tear in the left of the bottom border and some faint smudges and scuffs scattered through the card, as well as some slight rippling. Someone repaired the tears, but otherwise left the card alone, and it displays pretty well in spite of the above defects. Learn More about condition grades 
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