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Auction History Result 4s250 LOOKING FORWARD TC '33 Lionel Barrymore deceptively stares at sexy young Benita Hume, rare! Date Sold 2/19/2017 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Title Lobby Card (LC TC; measures 11" x 14" [28 x 36 cm]) (Learn More) Looking Forward, the 1933 Clarence Brown Depression era family relationship failing business melodrama ("From the play 'Service' by C.L. Anthony"; a story that is very timely to today's economic difficulties; about the owner of a large department store whose business is failing in the Great Depression, and he plans to sell the store to a sleazy rival who will likely close it down, and the two main subplots of the movie concern how the owner's family deals with the news of their failing finances, and there is an employee who has worked at the store for 40 years, and losing his job will devastate his family) starring Lionel Barrymore, Lewis Stone, Benita Hume, Elizabeth Allan, Phillips Holmes, and Alan Edwards. Note that Phillips Holmes had made an impression in some movies in the late 1920s. In 1931, he would get the lead in the first version of "An American Tragedy", which made it seem like he would become a major star, but that didn't materialize. He had a major affair with Libby Holman, but that was certainly complicated, and when they broke up, she immediately married his brother! Oddly, years later, Holman would have another very complicated affair with Montgomery Clift, who played the same part in the remake of "An American Tragedy", retitled "A Place in the Sun". Sadly, Holmes died in a plane crash in 1942. I am very surprised no one has made a movie about his life, or a joint movie about him and Libby Holman! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that MGM was likely very worried about how this movie would do at the box office (given its depressing subject matter, made while the country was in the grips of the Great Depression). So they deceptively made a title card that gave the impression that the movie was about a May-December romance between an old man and a young sexy woman! Note that first release 1933 movie paper from this movie is incredibly rare. We had only auctioned a window card from this movie until we received this title 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: very good. There are faint smudges around the edges. There is a pinhole, crease, and tear in the top left of the woman's hair, and in the background above it. There is a 1/2" tear in the lower right blank border. Otherwise, the card is in nice condition. Note that this lobby 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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