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Auction History Result q245 LOST WEEKEND 8 movie lobby cards '45 Billy Wilder, Ray Milland Date Sold 10/10/2006Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. 8 Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Lobby Cards (measure 11" x 14") (Learn More) The Lost Weekend, the classic 1945 Billy Wilder (winner of the Best Director Academy Award for this film) family relationship romantic alcoholism alcoholic drinking melodrama ("The screen dares to open the strange and savage pages of a shocking best-seller!"; "Paramount's Sensation"; "From the Novel by Charles Jackson"; "Screen play by Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder"; winner of the Best Picture Academy Award; about a man's difficult fight against alcoholism, and the movie focuses on a specific four day period in his life, where he desperately tries to remain sober with the help of his long suffering girlfriend and brother) starring Ray Milland (winner of the Best Actor Academy Award for this film), Jane Wyman, Phillip Terry, Howard da Silva, Doris Dowling, and Frank Faylen. Note that this was one of Hollywood's first realistic looks at alcoholism that was not heavy handed and one-dimensional, and it has not really dated at all, and it remains a very powerful movie, with great writing, acting, cinematography, and direction. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Condition: good. Note that the card with the close up of Milland and Wyman has tears in the bottom border that were repaired with tape from the back and scuffs in the image. The card with Milland with men in formal wear has scuffed "X"s in the image. The card with the close three-shot has a scuff across the bottom of the image and three tiny holes in Milland's jacket. The card with the close up of Milland has smudges all around Milland's figure. The card with Milland holding the drink with the girl consoling him has three tiny holes in his sleeve. The cards not mentioned above are in very good condition. Overall, several of these cards are 'lesser', but they are not "that bad", and many people could happily display them as they are (and of course, any restorer could do expert restoration to the above described minor defects, and those cards would look great). Learn More about condition grades 
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