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Auction History Result 6p0022 CABIRIA Italian LC 1914 wonderful image of religious ritual in Egyptian temple, ultra rare! Date Sold 6/4/2024 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Italian Movie Lobby Card (Italian LC; measures 11 3/4" x 15 1/2" [30 x 39 cm]) (Learn More) Cabiria, the 1914 Giovanni Pastrone Italian silent Sicily/Spain historical adventure family relationship epic (based on the book by Titus Livus; screenplay by Gabriele D'Annunzio, who received huge billing before the title!) starring Emilio Vardannes, Marcellina Bianco (in the title role as young Cabiria, later Elissa the slave), Teresina Maragoni, Umberto Moszato, Ernesto Pagani (as Maciste, the slave), Didaco Chellini and Edouard Davesnes (as Hannibal and Hasdrubal), Dante Testa (as Karthalo, High Priest of Moloch), Lidia Quaranta (billed as "Lydia Quaranta"; as the adult Slave Elissa, formerly Cabiria), and Ernesto Gemelli (as Archimedes). Note that this movie was one of the very first feature films (predating "The Birth of a Nation" by a year), and it was a true epic, beginning with a volcano (Mount Etna) exploding in Sicily, and then covering many years, and bringing in real life historical characters like Hannibal, and it even included Maciste, who would later star in numerous Italian movies throughout the years! The movie was released in the U.S. just two months after its Italian premiere, and its great success surely influenced American filmmakers (especially D.W. Griffith) to create major feature films of their own. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that we have only previously auctioned two Italian lobby cards from this movie (both of which had the same image, but were not the same card), until we were consigned this third Italian lobby card, which is a "country of origin" lobby card for this Italian movie, and which has a different image than the previous two! Also note that Italian posters and lobby cards from the first few years after World War II are among the most rare posters there are! Apparently, there were still major paper shortages in Italy, and few posters and lobby cards were printed, and most were recycled. This is an extremely rare first release Italian lobby card from 1914. Condition: very good. Learn More about condition grades 
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