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Auction History Result 3z0937 LAST FRONTIER LC 1926 William Boyd, Jack Hoxie as Buffalo Bill, Marguerite De La Motte, rare! Date Sold 4/2/2020 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) The Last Frontier, the 1926 George B. Seitz silent winning-of-the-West pioneer action adventure melodrama ("Adapted by Will M. Ritchey from the story by Courtney Ryley Cooper"; similar to John Ford's "The Iron Horse", made two years before, the movie had a fictional plot laid over the story of the first transcontinental railroad and the winning of the West, and many famous historical figures made appearances!) starring William Boyd, Marguerite De La Motte, Jack Hoxie (as Buffalo Bill Cody), J. Farrell MacDonald (as Wild Bill Hickok), and Frank Coghlan Jr. Note that this movie was one of producer Thomas Ince's films that he started in 1921. But given how massive a project it was, he still had not finished it by November 1924, when he died (under mysterious circumstances!). His will barred his wife from investing any of his remaining money in his movies, and abandoning this movie did not make sense, since so much filming had been done, but much work remained to be done. The movie ended with a climactic buffalo stampede, and Ince had found a unique way to do so without spending much money. The Canadian government had decided to kill thousands of buffalo in 1923 (because they had tuberculosis), and they let Ince film the event, using 12 cameras hidden in steel underground pits while the cattle stampeded over them! But, let's go back to 1924, after Ince died. Not enough of the movie had been shot for it to be completed in its original form, and it was greatly truncated, and it ended up no longer being an epic, but mostly the story of a trader who had been selling to the Indians (but Jack Hoxie remained in the movie as Buffalo Bill Cody). It was released in 1926, a shadow of what it would have been had Thomas Ince lived! 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 a one-sheet (it sold for $2,322!) and two stills (and NO other movie paper) from this movie 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: very good to fine. There is a tiny tear in the upper left blank border that was repaired with tape from the back. Otherwise, the card is in excellent condition! Learn More about condition grades 
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