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Auction History Result 7e432 SPARTACUS set of 4 German LCs R70s Stanley Kubrick & Kirk Douglas epic, Peter Ustinov! Date Sold 4/13/2014 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. 4 Undated (probably 1970s) Re-Release Vintage Theatrical German Movie Lobby Cards (LCs; measure 8 1/4" x 11 3/4" [21 x 30 cm]) (Learn More) Spartacus, the classic 1960 Stanley Kubrick sword-and-sandal Ancient Wars gladiator sports action adventure epic ("Winner of 4 Academy Awards!"; "They trained him to kill for their pleasure... But they trained him a little too well..."; "A mighty motion picture!"; "Based on the novel by Howard Fast"; written by Dalton Trumbo) starring Kirk Douglas (in the title role as Spartacus), Laurence Olivier (as Crassus, who liked both oysters and snails, or was it truffles and artichokes?), Jean Simmons, Charles Laughton (as Gracchus), Peter Ustinov (winner of the Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for this film), Woody Strode (as Draba), Tony Curtis ("as Antoninus"), John Gavin (as Julius Caesar), Charles McGraw (as the gladiator trainer), and Herbert Lom. Note that Kirk Douglas was the producer of this movie and originally Anthony Mann was directing. But three weeks into filming, Douglas fired Mann and replaced him with Stanley Kubrick, who then fired Sabine Bethmann, who had been the female lead, and replaced her with Jean Simmons! Also note that Dalton Trumbo had been blacklisted during the HUAAC hearings in the early 1950s, and he was still blacklisted at this time, so he was not going to receive screen credit. Kubrick heard this and wanted to be given the screenwriter credit (since someone had to be credited), but producer Douglas courageously insisted on Trumbo receiving the credit on screen, which effectively ended the blacklist! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that this set of cards was originally part of a German "lobby card poster", which had perforations so that you could turn the poster into a set of German lobby cards. The theater that used this poster did separate it into separate cards, which closely resemble regular German lobby cards, except that they are on a thinner paper stock. Please do not bid on these cards unless you can accept that they are a separated lobby card poster and are not regular German lobby cards. Also note that these lobby cards measure 8 1/4" x 11 3/4" [21 x 30 cm]. Finally, note that there is a duplicated card in this set. Please bid knowing that the winning bidder will receive 3 different lobby cards, plus a duplicate of one of the three, as seen in our super-sized image! Condition: good. Learn More about condition grades 
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