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SORROWS OF SATAN ('26) SORROWS OF SATAN ('26) WC, regular OR search current auctions Auction History Result 2b064 SORROWS OF SATAN WC 1926 D.W. Griffith, different art of Satan Adolphe Menjou, very rare! Date Sold 12/10/2019 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Unfolded Window Card Movie Poster (WC; measures 14" x 22" [36 x 56 cm]) (Learn More) Sorrows of Satan, the 1926 D.W. Griffith silent romantic love triangle melodrama ("Satan, flung from Heaven, brings Temptation to the World!"; "A strictly modern drama of love, temptation, thrills and regeneration stupendously conceived!"; based on the story "By Marie Corelli"; about a man who has little success, and who blames God for his misfortune, and the Devil appears as dapper Adolphe Menjou, and offers him unlimited success if he will follow the Devil's commands, and he makes the bargain, and becomes hugely successful, but must marry the woman the Devil chooses for him, even though he still loves his former sweetheart, and at the climax of the movie, he completely rejects the Devil and is allowed to end the bargain, presumably with God's help!) starring Adolphe Menjou ("as Satan"), Ricardo Cortez, Lya De Putti, Carol Dempster, Ivan Lebedeff, and Marcia Harris. Note that this movie was based on the 1895 novel of the same name by Marie Corelli, which was of course loosely based on the German legend "Faust", with a man selling his soul to the Devil (and many stories and movies have used the same theme, including "All That Money Can Buy", with Walter Huston as The Devil). NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Important Added Info: Note that posters and lobby cards from this 1926 D.W. Griffith movie are incredibly rare. We had never before auctioned this window card until June of 2019, and that example sold for $767. It turned out that our consignor had found two of them, and he had planned to keep one, but because he did very well with the first one, he is now auctioning the second one in this auction. Once it is sold, he will have no more, and it will likely be many years (if ever) before we again auction an example of this window card. Also note that this window card was never folded. Often window cards would be folded across the middle, because that would make them 11" x 14", and they could then be sent with standard folded posters. Most collectors put an added value on a window card that has never been folded. Condition: very good. There are small brown stains in the background to the left of the Devil image, a tiny stain in Menjou's cheek, and a tiny mark at the bottom of the Paramount logo. Otherwise, the card is in really nice condition, and it is not at all fragile! Learn More about condition grades 
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