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Auction History Result 6j431 RUNAWAY LC '26 wonderful title-card-like image of sexy Clara Bow & Warner Baxter, lost film! Date Sold 4/19/2016 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Lobby Card (LC TC; measures 11" x 14" [28 x 36 cm]) (Learn More) The Runaway, the 1926 William C. de Mille silent movie acting hillbilly romantic screwball comedy (Bow is a Hollywood actress who thinks she has killed another actor, so she hides in the remote Kentucky mountains, and finds herself the object of affection of two local citizens) starring Clara Bow, Warner Baxter, George Bancroft, William Powell, and Edythe Chapman. Note that Warner Baxter was born in 1889, and in the early 1920s he rose to prominence in silent movies, becoming a major star of the 1920s, while he was in his 30s. He won the Oscar for Best Actor as The Cisco Kid in "In Old Arizona" in 1929, and he remained a top star throughout the 1930s! Also, note that this is a "lost" film which means that no surviving copies are thought to exist. Note that Clara Bow was the most famous "flapper girl" of the mid to late 1920s (she became known as "The It Girl" after the character she played based on the popular novel by Elinor Glyn). She had a major role in Wings, and was Paramount's biggest star at that time. But she had a notorious private life and seemingly "settled down" when she married cowboy star Rex Bell in 1931 (she had two children and she retired from movies), but sadly in 1949 she went into a mental institution after a failed suicide attempt (she had had psychiatric issues for quite some time) and she was released but never returned to her family, and lived alone until her death in 1965. Also, note that this is a "lost" film which means that no surviving copies are thought to exist. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that the vast majority of collectors would assume that this is a title card, but it is not! In the mid to late 1920s, Paramount made many sets of lobby cards where the seven scene cards all LOOK like title cards, but the actual title card is different from the seven scene cards (not too long after this, Paramount abandoned title cards altogether for the most part for the next forty-odd years, instead using a posed portrait of the stars in place of a title card). We have only seen 5 cards from this set, and we believe that none of those cards are the actual title card. Please do not bid on this card thinking it is a title card, as it is likely a scene card! 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. There were creases and small tears scattered across the top blank border and someone performed restoration to that area without backing the card. Otherwise, the card is in nice condition. Learn More about condition grades 
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