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Auction History Result 7b0822 ALIBI LC 1929 Eleanor Griffith resisting man's advances, Best Picture winner, ultra rare! Date Sold 8/27/2024 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) Alibi, the 1929 Roland West romantic crime thriller ("Roland West's thrilling underworld romance"; "A Dynamic Mystery Romance of Gangland vs. the Law"; "Based on the stage play, 'Nightstick' by John Wray and J.C. Nugent and Elaine Sterne Carrington"; nominated for the Best Picture Academy Award; about a gangster who starts a romance with a daughter of a police sergeant, who thinks he is honest, and he uses that to his advantage by taking her to a play, and then killing a policeman when he sneaks away, and since he quickly returns, his girlfriend becomes an airtight alibi, but then he kills another man and his luck runs out, and he is cornered in his own home at the climax) starring Chester Morris (nominated for the Best Actor Academy Award for this film), Harry Stubbs, Mae Busch, Eleanor Griffith, Regis Toomey, and Irma Harrison. Note that this movie is largely forgotten today, but it is one of the movies that was nominated for a Best Picture Academy Award, and collectors who try to get a lobby card from every Academy Award nominee always have trouble finding this title! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that we have only previously auctioned one example of this lobby card, and that was 18 years ago! 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: good to very good. There are two pinholes in the man's chin and a smudge in the woman's lower cheek. Otherwise, the card only has some small defects in the blank borders. Note that this card is completely unrestored and there is not a single piece of tape on either the front or back! Learn More about condition grades 
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