eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 7a0398 LAUGH CLOWN LAUGH WC 1928 different art of Lon Chaney in full clown makeup, ultra rare! Date Sold 12/27/2020Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Unfolded Movie Window Card (WC; measures 14" x 22" [36 x 56 cm]) (Learn More) Laugh, Clown, Laugh, the 1928 Herbert Brenon silent romantic love triangle circus doomed romantic melodrama ("From the play by David Belasco and Tom Cushing"; Chaney is a circus clown who adopts an orphan girl, and when she grows up, he falls in love with her, but he is 30 years older than her, and she finds someone she likes better, and he basically commits suicide doing an impossible circus stunt) starring Lon Chaney Sr., Bernard Siegel, Loretta Young (in her first real role; she was just 15 years-old at the time, and had had bit parts for 10 years previous as a child actress!), Cissy Fitzgerald, Nils Asther, and Gwen Lee. This sounds like it should be a Tod Browning movie, with its extremely creepy plot, and a real life 15 year-old playing love scenes with a man older than her father, but it is not (it is based on a play by celebrated authors David Belasco and Tom Cushing)! 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 we have previously auctioned two examples of a different style window card from this movie, but we have never before auctioned THIS style, which has a far superior image! Condition: good to very good. The card had small nail holes scattered across the top (where the word "RIALTO" is), and scattered across the bottom (a few entering the letters of the title). It also had a 7" irregular tear under the word "RIALTO" at top. Someone put tape on the back of the above defects and performed restoration to those areas without backing the card. The card displays well (see our image). Learn More about condition grades
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