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Auction History Result 7a0110 MIRACLE MAN glass slide 1919 Lon Chaney, written by Frank Packard & George M. Cohan, rare! Date Sold 12/27/2020 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Glass Slide (measures 3 1/4" x 4" [8 x 10 cm]) (Learn More) The Miracle Man, the 1919 George Loane Tucker silent crime faith healing romantic melodrama ("There is a strange fascination in The Miracle Man. It is the supreme cry of the soul made visible"; based on the play by George M. Cohan and the story by Frank M. Packard; about a gang of crooks that hide out in a small town, and they find a local faith healer, and they use him to swindle people) starring Thomas Meighan, Betty Compson, Lon Chaney Sr., Joseph J. Dowling, J.M. Dumont, and Elinor Fair. Note that this was one of Lon Chaney's first great successes (he plays the gang leader, not the faith healer; he is nicknamed "The Frog", because he can dislocate his limbs, and he uses that ability to appear to be crippled, and then has the faith healer "cure" him for gullible crowds), and sadly the movie is lost. But in 1921, Photoplay magazine took a poll of its readers as to the best movie ever to that time, and this movie was voted number one! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that we have only previously auctioned one example of this glass slide, and that example has now been reconsigned to us, so it is still the only example we have ever auctioned! Also note that the first release posters from this movie do not have billing for any of the cast (we know this from the pressbook images, because the posters are beyond rare). However, Chaney's character was not the lead character, and many of the posters do not picture him, or only picture a small image of him. On this glass slide, however, Chaney is prominently pictured in front of the other actors! Also note that glass slides were designed to be put in a special projector that would project the image onto a movie screen (they use exactly the same concept as 35mm slides). This slide is the kind that has two panes of glass that are taped together with black tape around all four edges (front and back), typical of many older glass slides. We have provided a high quality scan of the image, but we have not taken a photo of the slide, because there would really be very little to see! Condition: very good. There is slight smudging on the glass, which likely can be cleaned, and is not very distracting anyway. Learn More about condition grades 
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