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Auction History Result 5h116 DESTINY German 3x5 Ross bookplate '35 Lil Dagover can give Death a baby to save her husband! Date Sold 3/6/2016 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage 1930s German Ross Bookplate (measures 3 1/4" x 4 3/4") (Learn More) Der Mude Tod (released in English-speaking countries as "Destiny"), the 1921 Fritz Lang German silent fantasy romantic melodrama (a great story of newlyweds who meet a literal Death, and he takes the husband and tells the wife that she can save him, and he shows her three episodes starring her, and she learns she must find a life to sacrifice if her husband is to live, and at the climax, she is holding a baby that will save her husband's life if the baby dies, but instead, she gives her own life) starring Lil Dagover, Walter Janssen, Bernhard Goetzke (as Death/Der Tod), Hans Sternberg, and Karl Ruckert. This movie is only remembered today by film buffs, but it was extremely influential in its day! Alfred Hitchcock said it was his favorite movie, Luis Bunuel said that it inspired him to become a filmmaker, and Douglas Fairbanks bought the American rights to the movie solely so that he could use similar special effects in his "Thief of Bagdad"! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that this is a "country of origin" item for this German movie! This is a "bookplate", made by the Ross company that also made the 3 1/2" x 5 1/2" "Ross postcards". Examples of these bookplates were used in the 1935 German books "Vom Werder Deutcher Filmkunst: Der Stumme Film (literally translates to "The Making of German Cinematic Art: The Silent Film") & Vom Werder Deutcher Filmkunst; Der Tonfilm (The Making of German Cinematic Art: The Sound Film). This bookplate is identical to one found in the "Silent Film" book described above (which means it was created in 1935, when the book was published), but of course, it was not placed in the book. We don't know if these were distributed in another way, or if they are samples distributed to promote the above books. Each of these bookplates has a scene from a movie on the front and information about the movie, plus what book is belonged in on the back! Condition: very good to fine. Learn More about condition grades 
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