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Auction History Result 8z0629 CAPTAIN BLOOD TC 1935 Alex Raymond art of Errol Flynn & De Havilland on ship, ultra rare! Date Sold 6/10/2021 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Title Lobby Card (LC TC; measures 11" x 14" [28 x 36 cm]) (Learn More) Captain Blood, the classic 1935 Michael Curtiz (nominated for the Best Director Academy Award for this film) Jamaica romantic swashbuckling high seas pirate ship ocean adventure thriller ("Caps the all!"; "By Rafael Sabatini"; nominated for the Best Picture Academy Award) starring Errol Flynn (in the title role as Irish doctor Peter Blood), Olivia De Havilland, Basil Rathbone, Ross Alexander, Guy Kibbee, Henry Stephenson, Robert Barrat, Hobart Cavanaugh, Lionel Atwill, George Hassell, and J. Carrol Naish. Note that Errol Flynn had had a few bit parts prior to this movie, but Robert Donat dropped out of this movie at the last minute, and Warner Bros. decided that Flynn was ready for stardom, and they sure were right! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Artist: Alex Raymond Important Added Info: Note that we have never before auctioned this 1935 first release title card! When I (Bruce Hershenson) was a major comic book dealer in the 1960s and 1970s, it was "common knowledge" in that hobby that legendary comic strip artist Alex Raymond (who had created the Flash Gordon newspaper cartoon strip) had done the distinctive artwork used on one style of half-sheet, the window card, and title card for this movie (which was during the time Raymond was drawing Flash Gordon for newspapers). The artwork is unsigned, and I never saw any absolute proof of this at that time. In 2006, an auction company auctioned the original art by Alex Raymond, but while they said it was by him, they did not offer any proof. We have not seen or heard of anyone disputing that Alex Raymond drew this art, but it would be very nice to have any sort of corroboration! If anyone knows more about this, please e-mail us and we will post it here. 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. Note that we were consigned the entire set of 8 cards from this title, and we are auctioning them in 8 separate auctions! This means that bidders can either choose to buy the one card they want the most (but of course, they can also still bid on all the cards, if they would like a complete set). What IS gelbacking? Learn More Condition: very good. The card had some tiny pinholes around the edges, with two in the "n" of "Captain" at upper right. It had tiny paper loss in the left blank corners. Otherwise, the card was in pretty nice condition prior to restoration. A talented restorer gel backed the card (meaning they backed the card onto a gel material) and they then performed excellent restoration to the above defects, and then removed the gel backing, so that the card still exactly looks and feels like an original card (and it is!), with no backing at all, and the card displays really well! Learn More about condition grades 
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