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Auction History Result 3p1608 HANDS UP herald 1926 Raymond Griffith, Marion Nixon, Civil War comedy, very rare! Date Sold 1/17/2023 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Herald (measures 3 1/2" x 5" [9 x 13 cm]; 4 pages) (Learn More) Hands Up!, the 1926 Clarence G. Badger silent Civil War romantic love triangle spy espionage screwball comedy ("You'll put your Hands Up and scream with laughter", "Of all the comedies ever made 'Hands Up' will win hands down", "You'll never laugh this one off"; from the story by Monty Brice; a story that was really daring for its day, because it dealt with a Southern spy in the Civil War, who is trying to intercept a gold shipment to the North that will finance them buying weapons; the spy is caught, but the mine owner has two daughters, and they both have fallen in love with him, and they help him escape when he is about to be hanged, and after the war ends, the two sisters and the spy go to Salt Lake City, so that they can become Mormons and both marry him!) starring Raymond Griffith, Marian Nixon (billed as "Marion Nixon"), George A. Billings (as President Abraham Lincoln), Virginia Lee Corbin, Charles K. French (as Brigham Young), and Noble Johnson (as Sitting Bull). Note that George Billings (sometimes billed as "George A. Billings") was an actor who specialized in playing Abraham Lincoln. He only made six movies, including this one, and he played Abraham Lincoln in five of them (the other movie was a religious one, set in Biblical times!). NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that we have only previously auctioned two examples of this herald, and only one in the last 10 years! Condition: good to very good. Learn More about condition grades 
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