eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 6y1643 SKIN GAME 8x10 still 1931 early Alfred Hitchcock, John Longden, Phyllis Constam, ultra rare! Date Sold 7/30/2024Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical 8" x 10" [20 x 25 cm] Movie Still (Learn More) The Skin Game, the 1931 Alfred Hitchcock English family blackmail melodrama (based on the play by John Galsworthy; about a rich family who has a nouveau riche speculator start buying up the land around their property in order to build factories, and he is a complete creep, but it seems the rich family can do nothing about him until they discover that his daughter was once a prostitute, and they get rid of him after threatening him with blackmail) starring Edmund Gwenn (reprising his role as Mr. Hornblower, which he played in the 1921 silent version of this film!), Helen Haye, Jill Esmond, C.V. France, John Longden, and Phyllis Constam. Note that, as mentioned above, there had been a 1921 version of this movie, also based on the Galsworthy play. But this version was adapted by Alfred Hitchcock and his wife Alma Reville, and Hitchcock directed it! First release movie paper from this early Alfred Hitchcock is incredibly rare! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that ANY movie paper from this movie is incredibly rare. We have only previously auctioned a first release English still (which sold for $830) and a page from an English movie magazine (which sold for $105) from this movie, and NO other movie paper, until we received this U.S. still (we know it is U.S. rather than English, because it has great printing on the back, which includes that it is opening at the "Little Carnegie Playhouse", which was in New York City. Condition: good to very good. There is paper loss in the top right blank corner, with a 1" tear below it extending into the top right corner of the image, with tiny surface paper loss on the tear. There is tiny paper loss in the bottom right blank corner. Otherwise, the still is in nice condition! Learn More about condition grades
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