eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 4t0658 GUN CRAZY LC #3 1950 Joseph H. Lewis film noir classic, Peggy Cummins driving by John Dall! Date Sold 8/1/2023Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Lobby Card #3 (LC; measures 11" x 14" [28 x 36 cm]) (Learn More) Gun Crazy, the 1950 Joseph H. Lewis bad girl crime film noir ("Thrill crazy... Kill crazy..."; "The Flaming Life of Laurie Starr [the lethal blonde]"; "...her violent loves! ...her vicious crimes! ...her wild escapes!"; "Notorious Laurie Starr! ...wanted in a dozen states... hunted by the F.B.I.!"; "She was more than any man could handle!"; "From The Saturday Evening Post Story by MacKinlay Kantor") starring Peggy Cummins, John Dall, Berry Kroeger, Russ Tamblyn, and Don Beddoe. Note that in 1949 Joseph H. Lewis had released this movie as "Deadly Is the Female". In 1950 he re-titled this movie "Gun Crazy" and gave it a full-scale release under that name. There are posters of all sizes and lobby cards for both titles (which is why we list them as two separate titles), and the "Gun Crazy" paper has never been called a "re-release" within the hobby, although technically it is. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that this lobby card was used in Canada, and it was censored between the stars (see below for exactly what was done). In the mid 1940s, extending into the 1950s, Canadian censors were fanatical over not showing images of guns, but also girls with "too sexy" revealing clothes, and violent images. So they actually hired people to apply giant blobs of paint over offensive areas! The paint bonds in with the lobby card, and it CAN'T be removed, only re-painted over. So either you see this as a giant defect, which defaces the lobby card, or you may think of it as a "cool addition", showing how crazy Canadian censorship was at this time. But please do not bid on this card unless you can accept this very significant defect! 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: fair to good. The card was used in Canada, and because Canadian censors were crazy at this time (see above), they hired someone to carefully paint over John Dall's gun in between them, with heavy black paint. This paint almost surely can't be removed, and one would have to have the original image painted over it, or one could certainly display this card as is, as a reminder of just how crazy censorship was at this time in Canada! Either way, please bear this significant defect in mind before bidding. Learn More about condition grades
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