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Auction History Result 4w1403 LILY OF THE DUST 8x10 key book still 1924 romantic c/u of super sad Pola Negri & Ben Lyon! Date Sold 6/25/2020 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie 8" x 10" [20 x 25 cm] Key Book Still (Learn More) Lily of the Dust, the 1924 Dimitri Buchowetzki silent romantic love triangle melodrama ("The Story of a Girl Who Fascinated Many Men!"; "From the novel by Hermann Sudermann and the play by Edward Sheldon Adapted by Paul Bern"; about a girl who goes to work in a bookstore after her mother goes insane, and she gets involved in a love triangle with a young Lieutenant and his commanding officer!) starring Pola Negri (in the title role as Lily), Ben Lyon, Noah Beery Sr., Raymond Griffith, Jeanette Daudet, and William J. Kelly. Note that Pola Negri had been a huge European star, but her first few American movies were not all that successful, so Paramount imported Russian director Dimitri Buchowetzki, who had directed her in Europe, in the hopes that he could match his successes in the United States. They hired Paul Bern (who later achieved fame as the husband of Jean Harlow, who committed suicide under cryptic circumstances) to write the screenplay. The pair wrote and directed "Men" in 1924, and then followed it up immediately with this movie, "Lily of the Dust". But Negri never matched her European success, and Buchowetzki had little success in the U.S. either. This is a "lost" film, which means that no surviving copies are thought to exist. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that this still is a key book still, mounted to a linen backing. Many studios spent extra money to have their most special photos, the key book stills, either backed with linen or printed on a heavy paper, both of which enhanced their durability. They had an extra 1" at the left or top, with punch holes, because of how they were stored. Key book stills are far more rare than regular stills, which has increased their popularity among collectors, since only a few keybooks were manufactured per film, and a key book still is guaranteed to be authentic. Someone trimmed away the extra 1" from the left of the still. Condition: very good. The left 1" was neatly trimmed off (see above). Otherwise, the still is in nice condition! Learn More about condition grades 
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