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Auction History Result 8x997 YELLOW MENACE 2 chapter 4 8x10 LCs '16 sixteen tremendous episodes, Plot of a Demon! Date Sold 7/31/2016 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. 2 Original Vintage Theatrical Chapter #4 (Plot of a Demon) 8" x 10" [20 x 25 cm] Movie Lobby Card (Learn More) The Yellow Menace, the 1916 Aubrey M. Kennedy silent Asian crime melodrama serial ("Sixteen Tremendous Episodes") starring Edwin Stevens (in the title role as Ali Singh, The Yellow Menace), Florence Malone, Marguerite Gale, Armand Cortes, and David Wall. Note that, as was common in early Hollywood, non-Asian actors were hired to play Asians, and they did this through the use of "yellowface" makeup (similar to "blackface" makeup that had been used for so long). Often, this was in movies that featured "interracial romances" between Asians and westerners, and those who participated in such romances were shunned and often they led to murders or suicides. Thankfully, these sorts of movies and the practice of actors performing in "yellowface" has almost completely been abandoned! Important Added Info: Note that not only are these the only items we have ever seen from this super early serial, but they are surely among the earliest serial 8x10 lobby cards we have ever seen! Also note that, in the early days of movie making, when lobby cards were first made (around 1915), studios would issue sets of the cards in two sizes; the regular 11" x 14" size, and a smaller 8" x 10" size. The cards were identical in every way except for the different size. This practice continued through the early 1920s, at which point the studios abandoned the smaller lobby cards, likely because theaters either ordered 11" x 14" lobby cards or 8" x 10" stills, and did not order enough of the 8" x 10" lobby cards to justify them continuing to make them. Condition: very good. Each card has pinholes in the top and bottom center, some enlarged, but otherwise, the cards are in amazing condition, especially since they are 100 years old! Learn More about condition grades 
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