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Auction History Result 2m132 MAD LOVE WC 1935 Peter Lorre has transplanted dead hands that live, love & kill, Karl Freund Date Sold 12/16/2018 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Paperbacked Window Card Movie Poster (WC; measures 14" x 22" [36 x 56 cm]) (Learn More) Mad Love, the 1935 Karl Freund medical doctor transplant romantic love triangle horror thriller ("Dead hands that live... and love... and kill!"; based on the French novel "Les Mains D'Orlac" [The Hands of Orlac] by Maurice Renard; about a mad plastic surgeon who is madly in love with an actress, but she is married to a concert pianist, but then his hands are crushed, and she convinces the plastic surgeon to replace his hands with a "hand transplant", but he uses the hands of an executed murderer, and the transplanted hands have ideas of their own!) starring Peter Lorre, Frances Drake, Colin Clive, Ted Healy (most famous as the person who started The Three Stooges; they were first billed as "Ted Healy and his Stooges"; he let them go on their own, hiring replacement "Stooges", but that did not work out well at all!), Isabel Jewell, Sara Haden, Edward Brophy, Keye Luke, Otto Hoffman, and Henry Kolker. Note that IMDb says that Isabel Jewell, who received fifth billing on the posters, had all of her scenes deleted! 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 this poster has been paperbacked. What is paperbacking? This means the poster was backed onto a heavy paper backing (acid-free), that is similar in feel to that of the original poster (except heavier). It is a similar process to linenbacking, except that most collectors use linenbacking for one-sheets and paperbacking for half-sheets, inserts, window cards, and lobby cards. What IS paperbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: fair. Prior to paperbacking, the blank top of the card was mostly trimmed off, above the tagline. There was also considerable staining and damage around the edges of the card, including significantly into the bottom 3" of the image (including most of the girl's face below her eyes). There is a lot of restoration on the card and it is difficult to know exactly what was restored, but it is clear there is a great deal of paint all over the card, especially much of the lettering and most of the girl's image, and there was definitely paper loss and tears in Peter Lorre's head. Overall, the window card was in poor condition prior to paperbacking. While the card will display fairly well on the new owner's wall, please do not bid on it unless you can accept its very extensive restoration and the fact that it had very major condition defects. Learn More about condition grades 
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