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Auction History Result 6h0139 FRANKENSTEIN TC R1947 monster Boris Karloff, Colin Clive, Clarke, James Whale, ultra rare! Date Sold 4/14/2024 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. A 1947 Re-Release Theatrical Movie Title Lobby Card (LC TC; measures 11" x 14" [28 x 36 cm]) (Learn More) Frankenstein, the classic 1931 James Whale Universal monster horror thriller ("The monster that terrorized the world!"; "The Man Who Made a Monster"; "Warning! The monster is loose!"; "Based upon the Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Story"; "Adapted by John L. Balderston from the play by Peggy Webling"; the first of the Universal "Frankenstein" movies, and regarded as one of the finer movies of any genre, in large part due to the marvelous acting of Boris Karloff, and the marvelous direction of James Whale!) starring Colin Clive (as Dr. Herbert V. Frankenstein), Boris Karloff (as the Frankenstein monster), Edward Van Sloan, Fredric Kerr, Mae Clarke, Dwight Frye (extremely memorable as Fritz), and John Boles NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that we have previously auctioned eight lobby cards from the 1947 re-release of this movie, but we have NEVER before auctioned this 1947 re-release title card! Note that this card has been "gel backed". What does that mean? It means that a talented restorer backed the card onto a gel material, and they then performed restoration to the above defects, and then removed the gel backing, and afterward the card still looks and feels like an original card (and it is!), with no backing at all. Many collectors prefer this method of restoration to paperbacking or linenbacking, because with those methods the card no longer looks like it was not backed. Gel backing can't be used with cards that have major paper loss or other major defects, but for the cards it can be used on, it is really an excellent method of restoration! 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. What IS gelbacking? Learn More Condition: good to very good. The card had pinholes, creases, and smudges around the edges. It had stains in the second "N" of the title, in the top center of the card, extending into the background below it. It had light stains in the monster's right eye and in his forehead above it. Overall, the card was in good condition prior to restoration. Given the card's defects described above, the restorer did a wonderful job, but you can only see the slightest signs of the defects, and the card displays really well (see our super-sized images to get a good sense of exactly how the card looks now). Learn More about condition grades 
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