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Auction History Result 5w0382 DANTE'S INFERNO WC 1924 different montage art of people in Hell around source novel, rare! Date Sold 9/17/2020 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Unfolded Movie Window Card (WC; measures 14" x 22" [36 x 56 cm]) (Learn More) Dante's Inferno, the 1924 Henry Otto silent surreal horror thriller ("Dore's masterpieces of art vividly reproduced in motion pictures"; "A spectacle of drama and beauty based on the classic of literature"; "Modern story by Cyrus Woods, Adapted for the screen by Edmund Goulding"; based on the play by Dante Alighieri; about a man's journey through the gates of Hell; William Fox made a later version of this movie in 1935, and both versions of the movie are about unscrupulous businessmen who become massively successful, but have second thoughts when their behavior cause a man's suicide, and in both films, there is a long fantasy sequence depicting Dante's Hell, with writhing naked bodies!) starring Lawson Butt (as Dante), Howard Gaye (as Virgil), Pauline Starke (as Marjorie), Josef Swickard, Gloria Grey, Lon Poff, and Robert Klein. Note that the posters for this movie give the impression that the movie shows a lot of naked people writhing in agony in Hell! Looking at stills from the movie, it is obvious that the men wore tight flesh-colored shorts, and that the women wore tight bodysuits, but I imagine the movie was still shocking for its time! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Important Added Info: Note that ANY U.S. movie paper from this movie is incredibly rare. We have only previously auctioned a few stills and lobby cards from this movie (and NO other U.S. movie paper) until we received this window card! Note that because this card has really major defects, we also pictured the back. Condition: poor to fair. There is much staining scattered in the card and a vertical crack running down the left. Learn More about condition grades 
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