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Auction History Result 6b142 WILD BOYS OF THE ROAD TC 1933 great art of Frankie Darro & top cast, William Wellman, rare! Date Sold 5/1/2018 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Title Lobby Card (LC TC; measures 11" x 14" [28 x 36 cm]) (Learn More) Wild Boys of the Road, the classic 1933 William A. Wellman Depression era juvenile crime melodrama (about a giant problem of The Great Depression, where teen children of poor people would leave home to try to make it on their own, and they would end up roaming the countryside in gangs, often forced to steal to stay alive, and of course, also having to fend off predators of all sorts) starring Frankie Darro, Dorothy Coonan Wellman (billed as "Dorothy Coonan"), Rochelle Hudson, Edwin Phillips, Ann Hovey, Arthur Hohl, Sterling Holloway, Ward Bond, Alan Hale Jr. (uncredited in his first film), and Guy Kibbee. Note that this is a really wonderful pre-Code movie which showed the harsh realities of the effects of The Great Depression on children, made at the height of the Depression. Director Wellman had personal knowledge of the subject, because his mother was a probation officer in Massachusetts, and it is an extremely "hard hitting" movie that does not sugar coat its sensitive subject (which includes a lead female character, who disguises herself as a boy, and she has to fend off a would-be rapist). Note that one of the "Wild Boys" is actually a girl posing as a boy, and she is played by Dorothy Coonan, a 20 year old actress, who would marry the 17 year older director William Wellman the following year, and become Dorothy Coonan Wellman. She was his fifth wife, and he was only 37 years old at the time, but he credits her with "having rescued him", and they remained married until his passing in 1975, having had 7 children together (and he had one other child from one of those past 4 wives). NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that we have only once before auctioned this title card, and that was in a complete set that we auctioned for $1,155! 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: very good. The card has a pinhole in each corner. It has light discoloration in the bottom left corner, where something came in contact with the face of the card, and it has light water staining in the top right corner that mostly only shows in the blank borders. Otherwise, the card is in really excellent condition. Note that this lobby card is completely unrestored and there is not a single piece of tape on either the front or back! Any talented restorer could restore the above defects, but we can well understand why most collectors might choose to leave this ultra rare card exactly as it is (especially because it displays well). Learn More about condition grades 
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