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Auction History Result 3z0820 GREAT O'MALLEY LC 1937 Pat O'Brien, sexy Ann Sheridan & Sybil Jason all in police hats! Date Sold 4/2/2020 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Paperbacked Movie Lobby Card (LC; measures 11" x 14" [28 x 36 cm]) (Learn More) The Great O'Malley, the 1937 William Dieterle family relationship police crime melodrama ("They called him the cop without a heart 'til he fell for a tot without a fear!"; "When the Toughest Copper Out of Erin Meets the Killer of 'Black Legion'"; about a by-the-book cop who ends up ruining the life of a man with a disabled daughter, by being too strict, but that makes the cop change his ways, and he tries to help the family he has hurt) starring Pat O'Brien (in the title role as James O'Malley), Sybil Jason, Humphrey Bogart, Ann Sheridan, Frieda Inescort, Donald Crisp, Henry O'Neill, Craig Reynolds, Hobart Cavanaugh, and Gordon Hart. Note that this movie was released a year after Bogart became a major star with "The Petrified Forest", and yet he is not only third billed, he is billed under child actress Sybil Jason, plus the poster designer could not find room for him on the one-sheet! Note that Sybil Jason was born in South Africa, but was a singing and dancing child prodigy in England from the age of 2. When she was 6, Jack Warner saw her perform, and signed her to a contract hoping she could be a child star for Warner Bros. to equal Shirley Temple at 20th Century-Fox. However, after a few movies, including starring opposite Al Jolson in "The Singing Kid", she did not deliver the hoped for results, and Warner Bros. did not renew her contract in 1938. Daryl Zanuck signed her at 20th Century-Fox, putting her with Shirley Temple in "The Little Princess". She was supposed to have a major role in "The Blue Bird", opposite Shirley Temple, but most of her scenes were cut from the movie (perhaps because it was feared she would "upstage" Shirley Temple, who was "getting old"!), and she "retired". In 1947, at the age of 18, she married a Navy man, and they had a child and were married for 58 years until his passing in 2006, and she passed away in 2011 at the age of 83! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: 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. Also note that this lobby card has been paperbacked. What is paperbacking? This means the lobby card was backed onto a very light paper backing (acid-free), that keeps the "feel" of the lobby card similar to that of the original lobby card. Some restorers prefer to paperback lobby cards on to a heavy backing, while others prefer to use a very lightweight backing. The advantage of a lightweight backing is that the card still "feels" like a regular lobby card, but a heavier backing makes restoration easier to do and less noticeable. What IS paperbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: very good. Prior to paperbacking, the card had paper loss in three blank corners, with a diagonal crease in the fourth corner. It had a diagonal tear in the top right background area and some creases around the edges. The card has darkened, typical of Warner Bros. linen lobby cards of this period. The image area was in pretty nice condition. Overall, the lobby card was in good to very good condition prior to paperbacking. The card was nicely backed, and displays well! Learn More about condition grades 
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