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Auction History Result 8k665 HIGH SCHOOL HERO LC 1927 first basketball movie, players in uniform with ball, ultra rare! Date Sold 7/27/2017 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Lobby Card (LC; measures 11" x 14" [28 x 36 cm]) (Learn More) High School Hero, the 1927 David Butler silent basketball sports romantic love triangle comedy ("Rampant youth in a basketball romance"; "Story by William Conselman and David Butler"; about a pair of high school basketball players who are both in love with a pretty new student; it threatens to sabotage their team, but their coach convinces them to put their differences aside and work together, and the girl ends up going with the smart nerdy kid who wears glasses!) starring Sally Phipps, Nick Stuart, Charles Paddock (the legendary Olympic track running champion, as the basketball coach!), John Darrow, and William Bailey. Note that this is the absolute earliest "basketball" movie we know of that was made (and obviously, basketball plays a major part in the movie!). While there were lots of baseball movies in the 1910s and 1920s (and there had been a few football movies in the 1920s as well), it took until 1927 before basketball gained enough of a following to where they made a movie about it, and two were released, just one week apart! The first was this movie, followed just one week later by "The Fair Co-Ed", starring Marion Davies (and then the next true basketball movies we know of were just a few in the very late 1930s, and then not again until the late 1940s). NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that first release movie paper from this likely first basketball movie is beyond rare! Other than a glass slide we once auctioned, this lobby card (with a wonderful basketball image) is the only movie paper from it we have ever auctioned! Note that there is a stamp on the back that reads "FROM THE COLLECTION OF Michael R. Hawks", who most would consider the premier lobby card collector and expert in the world (and he is still an active collector, looking for the last few items he needs!). Also note that we have a scan of both the front and the back of this lobby card, which should greatly help you see what defects it has. Condition: very good to fine. Note that this lobby card is in excellent condition and is completely unrestored and there is not a single piece of tape on either the front or back! Learn More about condition grades 
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