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Auction History Result 5r1214 DIMPLES LC 1936 Shirley Temple performing with two minstrels in blackface, very rare! Date Sold 12/21/2023 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) Dimples, the 1936 William A. Seiter Depression-era juvenile musical comedy ("Shirley has a new somebody to love"; "Dances staged by Bill Robinson") starring Shirley Temple, Frank Morgan, Helen Westley, Robert Kent, Delma Byron, Astrid Allwyn, Stepin Fetchit, Berton Churchill, Paul Stanton, Julius Tannen, Herman Bing, Billy McClain, The Hall Johnson Choir, The Two Black Dots (Jesse Scott and Thurman Black, two black African American teenage singers who appeared in just a few movies in the 1930s, including this), Greta Meyer, and Arthur Aylesworth. It is interesting to note that even though Stepin Fetchit (famed black African American actor of the 1930s and 1940s) was only sixth billed in this movie, his billing is as large as the second through fifth billed actors combined, showing that the studio knew full well that he drew people to their movies! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that we have only previously auctioned one example of this scene card in all our years of auctioning! Note that this card has been "gel backed". What does that mean? It means that a talented restorer backed the card onto a gel material, and they then performed restoration to the above defects, and then removed the gel backing, and afterward the card still looks and feels like an original card (and it is!), with no backing at all. Many collectors prefer this method of restoration to paperbacking or linenbacking, because with those methods the card no longer looks like it was not backed. Gel backing can't be used with cards that have major paper loss or other major defects, but for the cards it can be used on, it is really an excellent method of restoration! 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. What IS gelbacking? Learn More Condition: very good. The card had pinholes and a few dot stains around the edges, with a very few dot stains within the image. Overall, the card was in good to very good condition prior to restoration. You can see slight signs of the restoration, but the card displays really well! Learn More about condition grades 
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