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Auction History Result 3j0294 WOLF MAN LC 1941 Maria Ouspenskaya finds unconscious Lon Chaney Jr. as the monster, rare! Date Sold 12/20/2022 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Lobby Card (LC; measures 11" x 14" [28 x 36 cm]) (Learn More) The Wolf Man, the 1941 George Waggner Universal werewolf monster horror thriller (written by Curt Siodmak; about the son of a Welsh nobleman who returns to Wales after many years in America, and things start out well when he and his father reconcile, but then he meets a beautiful girl at a carnival, and a gypsy fortune teller sees the sign of a wolf on her palm, and soon after, she is bitten by a wolf, and the man tries to save her, but she is killed, and he manages to kill the wolf, but is bitten during the process, and later, the gypsy turns up dead, and the man is the primary suspect, and that is only the beginning of his massive problems!) starring Claude Rains, Warren William, Ralph Bellamy, Patric Knowles, Bela Lugosi (as Bela), Maria Ouspenskaya, Evelyn Ankers, and Lon Chaney Jr. (in the title role "as 'The Wolf Man'"/Lawrence Talbot). Note that this was the only classic 1940s original Universal monster (the others originated in the 1930s). Actually, however, there WAS a 1930s Universal werewolf before this, which was in 1935's "Werewolf of London", but Universal did not like the way Henry Hull's makeup looked in that movie, so they restarted the character in this movie, with completely different makeup! In addition, they had the great fortune to hire screenwriter Curt Siodmak to come up with an original screenplay, and unlike several past classic Universal horror movies, this was not based on a classic story, but instead was a Siodmak original, and it was brilliantly written and has been imitated countless times since! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that this is an incredibly rare card! We auctioned one as part of a complete set in 1993, and then the only time we had it since then was in 2014. The person who bought it in 2014 had it expertly restored and has reconsigned it to us, and we auctioned it for $803 (in only "fair to good" condition). This example, which is completely unrestored and in much nicer condition, is only the third example of this card we have ever auctioned! Note that there is a stamp on the back that reads "FROM THE COLLECTION OF Michael R. Hawks", who most would consider the premier lobby card collector and expert in the world (and he is still an active collector, looking for the last few items he needs!). 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 back of the card has slightly darkened unevenly, which has caused the front of the extreme outer edges of the blank borders slightly darken (but it has no other effect on the front of the card), and there are a few extremely tiny minor blank border defects. There is surface paper loss on the back of the left of the top border, where tape was roughly removed, but it was not put there for a restoration purpose. Otherwise, the card is in really nice condition! Learn More about condition grades 
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