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Auction History Result 4f0506 EMERGENCY CALL LC 1933 William Boyd fighting car accident fraud, Wynne Gibson, Gargan, rare! Date Sold 5/9/2023 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) Emergency Call, the 1933 Edward L. Cahn insurance fraud crime thriller ("Astounding disclosure of the hospital racket..."; "Screen Play by Houston Branch and Joseph L. Mankiewicz"; about the then significant social problem of people staging car "accidents", where they would pretend to be hit by a car and they would have convenient "witnesses" standing nearby who would be willing to sign affidavits, and they would use them to extort the drivers who thought they had hit the "victim") starring William Boyd (billed as "Bill Boyd"), Wynne Gibson, William Gargan, Betty Furness, George E. Stone, and Edwin Maxwell. Note that this type of fraud continues to the present day, but is not as prevalent as it once was. It was used on the TV series "Better Call Saul", where Jimmy McGill (later Saul Goodman) tells how he started his life in crime doing the very scam that this movie exposes (and how he was called "Slippin' Jimmy"!). Also note that the screenplay was co-written by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, who would write other socially conscious movies in the 1930s, including the dialog for "Our Daily Bread", and whose masterpiece was "All About Eve" in 1950. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that ANY movie paper items from this movie are incredibly rare. We have only previously auctioned two one-sheets, a half-sheet, a glass slide, and three stills from this movie (and NO other movie paper of any kind) until we received this lobby card! 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. 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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