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Auction History Result 1f0852 MY OFFICIAL WIFE 2 LCs 1926 Russian Irene Rich becomes cabaret singer, ultra rare! Date Sold 12/21/2021 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. 2 Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Lobby Cards (LCs; measure 11" x 14" [28 x 36 cm]) (Learn More) My Official Wife, the 1926 Paul L. Stein silent pre-revolutionary Russia/Austria nobility rape revenge romantic melodrama ("From the play by A.C. Gunter"; a pretty unbelievable story of a young Russian woman who is raped by the son of a nobleman and then she is railroaded on false charges, but the rapist feels sorry afterward, so he helps her escape to Vienna, where she becomes a famous cabaret dancer; years later, the rapist follows her there and she doesn't recognize him and he falls in love with her; then she realizes who he is and goes back to Russia with him to get her revenge; after the Revolution, he escapes to Vienna, where he is destitute, and she takes him in, and they fall in love) starring Irene Rich, Conway Tearle, Stuart Holmes, John Miljan, Gustav von Seyffertitz, and Jane Winton. Note that director Paul L. Stein was an Austrian who became an actor in Germany in 1915, but who started directing and went to the U.S., where he had success directing "women's pictures". He went to England in 1931 and stayed there until his passing in 1951. He is completely forgotten today, but he achieved some significant success in his lifetime. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that we have only auctioned four lobby cards (the last sold in 2010) and one special poster (in 2014) for this movie but NO other movie paper for it whatsoever! Condition: very good. One of the cards has been very slightly trimmed and both have slightly darkened around the edges. The cards are otherwise in pretty nice condition and they have no tape whatsoever on the front or back, and they never have had any restoration of any kind! Learn More about condition grades 
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