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Auction History Result 3x0174 LOST HORIZON signed TC 1937 by director Frank Capra, Sam Jaffe AND Jane Wyatt! Date Sold 2/19/2023 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Autographed Movie Title Lobby Card (LC TC; measures 11" x 14" [28 x 36 cm]) (Learn More) Lost Horizon, the classic 1937 Frank Capra Shangri-La romantic fantasy religious mystery adventure melodrama ("Might spectacle of human emotions"; "Frank Capra's mightiest production becomes the greatest entertainment in all screen history!"; "Mightiest of all motion pictures!"; "Frank Capra's Greatest Production"; "Columbia's great Adventure of Tibet"; "James Hilton's immortal novel becomes epic entertainment!"; "From the novel by James Hilton"; "Screen Play by Robert Riskin"; nominated for the Best Picture Academy Award; about a plane with a group of very different English passengers, including two brothers, that crash lands in the Himalayas, and they find a group of Tibetan monks who live in a peaceful paradise where everyone seems to live forever, but will they stay, or will they try to return to England?) starring Ronald Colman (as Robert Conway), ("and a notable cast" including) Jane Wyatt, John Howard (as George Conway), Margo (as Maria), Thomas Mitchell, Edward Everett Horton, Isabel Jewell, H.B. Warner (nominated for the Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for this film; as Chang), and Sam Jaffe (as the "High Lama") NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that this lobby card has been personally autographed (signed) by THREE people: director Frank Capra, Sam Jaffe, AND Jane Wyatt! Our consignor is a longtime collector who purchased this signed item from a reputable dealer. He does not have a certificate of authenticity, but we believe the signatures to likely be authentic. 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.
UPDATED 02/17/2023: Note that a knowledgeable collector tells us that he knows exactly when and where this great title card was signed! It occurred in October of 1979 at Grauman's Chinese Theater (known as Mann's Chinese Theater at that point) during the American Film Institute's "Best Remaining Seats" film festival. The festival concluded with a restored version of Lost Horizon, and Capra, Jaffe and Wyatt were in attendance. The collector (who had loaned his original Lost Horizon posters so that the theater could display them) actually witnessed the signing of the card, which was done for the late Bob Colman (who owned the "Hollywood Poster Exchange", which sold the legendary "Cozy Collection"). So these autographs were not only obtained in person on the same day, but also by one of the legends of the movie poster hobby! As is true of all the signed items we are currently auctioning, we give every buyer 30 days in which to review what they purchased (although we prefer they do any "authenticating" while the auction is "live" and before they place a bid) and they can return any item as long as it is within 30 days of the end of the auction. On non-signed items, we give a "lifetime guarantee" on everything we auction, but on signed items, we give the above modified guarantee of 30 days after the auction closes. Condition: good to very good. The card has darkened, typical of Columbia lobby cards of this period. It has a few pinholes, tiny paper loss, and tiny surface paper loss around the edges, with some faint smudges, creases, and stains around the edges and just a few within the image. It has a piece of masking tape on the back of each corner, but they were not put there for a restoration purpose, and they don't affect the front (see our images). Learn More about condition grades 
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