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Auction History Result 6g948 WHITE TIGER LC '23 old man plays the unbeatable mechanical chessman, directed by Tod Browning Date Sold 4/2/2015 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) White Tiger, the 1923 Tod Browning (who also wrote the story!) silent crime suspense con man fantasy melodrama (about a trio, consisting of two men and the pretend daughter of one of them, who display a "chess playing robot" to rich people, and while those people are amazed, they rob them!) starring Priscilla Dean, Wallace Beery, Matt Moore, Raymond Griffith (as the man inside the robot suit), Alfred Allen, Emmett King, and Lillian Langdon. Note that the chess playing robot in the movie is actually one of the con men in a robot suit! This was clearly inspired by the "Automaton" that was exhibited in Europe in the 1830s, and was proven to be a fraud! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Condition: very good to fine. There is a tack hole in each corner, with a couple pinholes. Otherwise, the card is in pretty nice condition. Note that this lobby card is completely unrestored and there is not a single piece of tape on either the front or back! Learn More about condition grades 
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