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Auction History Result 8z0924 BIG PARADE LC 1925 WWI doughboy John Gilbert meets Paree mamselle Renee Adoree, King Vidor! Date Sold 6/10/2021 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Lobby Card (LC; measures 11 1/4" x 14" [29 x 36 cm]) (Learn More) The Big Parade, the classic 1925 King Vidor silent romantic World War I (WWI) American-soldiers-in-France military melodrama ("It's here! The film that you'll call the best you ever saw"; "Story by Laurence Stallings"; "King Vidor's production of Lawrence Stallings' great motion picture story following his stage success with 'What Price Glory'"; about an all-American boy who enlists in the Army in World War I, and he and his friends have a great time until they are thrust into combat, and the movie shows the horrors of war in a way that had not been done before, and the boy returns home after losing a leg; there is also a romantic subplot with the American G.I. having a brief affair with a beautiful French girl) starring John Gilbert ("The Star"), Renee Adoree ("as Melisande"), Hobart Bosworth, Claire McDowell, Claire Adams, Robert Ober, Tom O'Brien, Karl Dane, and Rosita Martini. Note that MGM had no idea what they had when this movie was being made, but King Vidor was able to sell them on the potential of the movie, and convince them to spend a huge amount of money filming authentic battle scenes, and the movie was a major critical and financial success! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that this lobby card was restored, and it apparently slightly "stretched" during the restoration, and it now measures 11 1/4" x 14" [29 x 36 cm]. 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: good to very good. It appears that someone pressed and flattened the card, and perhaps slightly bleached it, and during that process, the card "stretched" slightly (or perhaps it was just made where it was wider than normal). The card had some slight touch up around the edges and in the background areas. It displays well, but bear in mind that it is not 11" x 14" (although any professional or talented amateur could easily trim a slight bit of the excess border to bring it back to 11" x 14"). Learn More about condition grades 
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