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Sleepers West, the 1941 Eugene Forde railroad train crime thriller ("Based on the novel 'Sleepers East' by Frederick Nebel"; about a private detective who must escort a beautiful witness to a trial where she will testify in San Francisco on a several days long train ride, and there are people on the train who don't want her to survive the trip) starring Lloyd Nolan (as Michael Shayne), Lynn Bari, Mary Beth Hughes, Edward Brophy, and Ben Carter (billed as "Ben 'Shadrack' Carter"). Note that "Michael Shayne: Private Detective" was the first in a series of twelve detective movies based on the character created by Brett Halliday. Lloyd Nolan played the character in the first seven movies between 1940 and 1942. There was then a 4 year gap and the series resumed in 1946, with Hugh Beaumont (best remembered as the father in TV's "Leave it to Beaver") taking over the role and he starred in five movies in 1946 and 1947. Also note that there had been a previous 1934 Fox movie called "Sleepers East", but that movie and this movie only had superficial similarities (and that earlier movie had the same title as the source novel, and that is likely why they changed the title of this movie to "Sleepers West", so it would not seem to be a remake of the eight years earlier movie, "Sleepers East"). Finally, note that RKO Pictures pretty much borrowed the entire plot of this movie for their 1952 movie, "The Narrow Margin".
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Important Added Info: Note that this lobby card has been personally autographed (signed) by Lloyd Nolan! 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.

This autographed item was obtained from the estate of a consignor, who recently passed away. He started collecting mostly lobby cards and stills in the late 1960s, and he hit on the idea that he could get a lot of them signed, because he knew that many of the stars were still alive, but that many of them lived in the Motion Picture Home run by the Academy, and he visited there many times, becoming friendly with a number of the stars there. He also was able to meet other older stars, and acquired most of his signatures in person, although a few were acquired through the mail. He went out of his way to obtain signed items from his favorite films and stars, which included It's a Wonderful Life and Harvey (because he became friends with Jimmy Stewart). He was also friends with Moe Howard and Larry Fine, and he obtained many signatures on items from their films, which he loved, and he also was friends with Margaret Hamilton, Ray Bolger, Jack Haley, and most of the Munchkins, because he especially loved The Wizard of Oz! His family does not have certificates of authenticity for any of his items, but they do have multiple pictures of him with the stars who signed for him, and we are 100% certain that the items we are auctioning from his collection were personally signed by the stars!

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