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Auction History Result #1965 LILIES OF THE FIELD lobby card '24 Griffith Date Sold 1/20/2004Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Lobby Card (measures 11" x 14") (Learn More) Lilies of the Field, the 1924 John Francis Dillon silent New York City infidelity romantic love triangle melodrama ("A searching portrayal of an ultra fashionable New York society set, lilies who toil not, who spin not, yet are arrayed in the costliest of silks and the rarest of gems, whose only ambition is to drain life of the last drop of pleasure. Adapted from the stage success of William Hurlburt. Directed by John Francis Dillion."; "From the play by William Hurlburt"; about a husband who catches his wife cheating on him, and he gets a divorce and gets custody of their baby, and then she becomes a model and has an affair, but eventually, she gets her baby back and a new husband) starring Corinne Griffith, Conway Tearle, Alma Bennett, Sylvia Breamer, Anna May Wong (in one of her early uncredited roles as a serving girl), and Mammy Peters. Note that "Mammy" Peters was a black African-American woman who played a maid in this movie, and apparently was never in another movie. We could find no further information about her. If anyone knows more about her, please e-mail us and we will post it here. Also note that this movie was re-made as a sound picture in 1930, but it bears no relationship to the famous 1963 Sidney Poitier movie of the same name! Also, note that this is a "lost" film which means that no surviving copies are thought to exist (though a trailer does survive). NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Condition: fine. tack hole in the left, right, and top edge of the image background; minor scuffs and smudges around the edges of the card Learn More about condition grades 
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