eMoviePoster.com
Auction History Result 7c113 BLACKBIRD WC '26 art of thief/mission owner Lon Chaney, written & directed by Tod Browning! Date Sold 5/7/2015 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Unfolded Window Card Movie Poster (WC; measures 13 1/2" x 22" [34 x 56 cm]) (Learn More) The Blackbird (also known as "The Black Bird"), the 1926 Tod Browning silent romantic love triangle crime thriller ("Story by Tod Browning"; a really wild story of a master thief in London who steals at night, and by day poses as his saintly crippled twin brother known as The Bishop who works at a rescue mission, and the thief and his arch rival West End Bertie are both in love with the same girl so the Black Bird frames Bertie for shooting a cop, but the police discover the truth of that lie, and to escape, the Black Bird pretends to fight with his crippled brother behind a closed door and when the door suddenly opens it strikes Chaney who is now disguised as the Bishop, and he falls and breaks his back for real, dying soon after) starring Lon Chaney Sr. (in the title role as "The Black Bird"), Owen Moore, Renee Adoree, Doris Lloyd, and Andy MacLennan. Note that the IMDb lists the title of this movie as "The Blackbird", but the posters have the title as "The Black Bird". However, the original campaign book trade ad shows it as "The Blackbird", so we imagine the title was changed just prior to release, and it is difficult to say that one is more accurate than the other. 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 first release movie paper on this early Tod Browning/Lon Chaney title is incredibly rare. We have only previously auctioned a handful of stills, and never before any poster or lobby 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: good. The card has faint staining scattered throughout (but the white dots scattered in the blue background are stars in the sky). There are nail holes around the edges. The top and bottom 3" are "curled", and there is a partial vertical crease along both those areas. There are brown stains in the top left corner. There is a 5" semi-circular tear at the bottom of the credits, with a 3" semi-circular tear at the right of the credits, and tiny paper loss where the two meet. In spite of the above defects, this window card is an excellent candidate for restoration. It is likely some or most of the stains can be removed through chemical means, and the card would be flattened during the paperbacking process, and after proper restoration, this extremely rare window card will look fantastic! Learn More about condition grades 
Postal Mailing Address:
Bruce Hershenson, P.O. Box 874, West Plains, MO 65775. (For our UPS or FedEx address, click here) phone: +1 417 256-9616 fax: +1 417 257-6948 E-mail: Contact Us Hours of Operation: Monday - Friday 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM & 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM (CST) |
|||||||||||||
