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Auction History Result s253 BLUE DAHLIA movie lobby card #1 '46 Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake Date Sold 1/15/2008Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Lobby Card #1 (measures 11" x 14") (Learn More) The Blue Dahlia, the classic 1946 George Marshall romantic crime murder film noir ("Double Dame Trouble! Double-Barreled Action!"; "Double-dame trouble on his hands... and a murder mob at his throat!"; "One's out to frame him... the other to tame him!"; "With 3 famous 'finds' from 'The Lost Weekend'"; "Written by Raymond Chandler"; "Produced by John Houseman"; Ladd is a veteran just back from the war who finds his wife having an affair, and she is murdered, and he is naturally the lead suspect; he gets the ex-wife of his wife's new lover, played by Lake, to help him, and together they solve the crime) starring Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, William Bendix, Howard da Silva, Doris Dowling, Frank Faylen, Tom Powers, Vera Marshe, Hugh Beaumont, and Walter Sande. Note that while many of Raymond Chandler's works were adapted to movies, this was the only one that Chandler wrote directly as a movie! Also note that by 1946, Alan Ladd had become a very top star, so on the advertising for this movie, his image dominates the posters, with Veronica Lake in the background, whereas when "This Gun For Hire" was released 4 years earlier, Ladd was pretty unknown, and Lake dominates the advertising for that movie (although Ladd does appear on the posters)! Also, note that a year after this film was released, a woman was murdered and newspapers dubbed it "The Black Dahlia" case in a morbid twist on this film's title. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Condition: good. There are faint scuff marks in the bottom half of the image, and in the top background area. There are two faint circular water stains in the bottom right of the image in the legs of the people at right. There is a tiny pair of staple holes in the top left corner and tiny paper loss in the bottom right corner. There are some faint smudges in the left of the title area and in the bottom left corner. Other than the above, the card is in pretty nice condition, and has had no restoration. I have no idea how easy or difficult it would be to touch up the defects described above, but they are not all that distracting, and certainly, there is a way to restore them, if the new owner desires. Please do not bid on this card unless you have carefully studied our super-sized image, and can either accept the defects of this card, or are willing to pay to have them restored! Learn More about condition grades 
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