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Auction History Result 5c112 MARKED WOMAN TC '37 classic close up art of Bette Davis with huge red X over her face, rare! Date Sold 3/9/2017 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) Marked Woman, the 1937 Lloyd Bacon & Michael Curtiz bad girl prostitution crime murder thriller ("A Star Teaming You'll Never Forget!!!"; "The Kind Ladies Don't Talk To!"; "Meet the girls who got caught in a racket!"; "You work the way I tell you, or else!"; about a "party girl", whose sister is murdered, and a crusading DA convinces her to testify against the gangsters who killed her sister) starring Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart, Lola Lane, Isabel Jewell, Eduardo Ciannelli, Jane Bryan, Rosalind Marquis, Mayo Methot (who was married Bogart in real life the year after this movie, and they stayed married until he left her for Lauren Bacall), Allen Jenkins, John Litel, Ben Welden, Henry O'Neill, and Raymond Hatton. Note that after the Production Code was instituted, references to prostitution had to be carefully disguised, and Davis' character was described as a "hostess" in a club run by gangsters, but everyone watching the movie knew what she really did for a living! Also note that this was one of the many movies Humphrey Bogart made after his great success of "The Petrified Forest" in 1936. But even though he got second billing in this movie, Warner Bros. did not see him as having strong box office appeal, and they left him off most of the posters, focusing on "bad" Bette Davis! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that the classic image of Bette Davis with an "X" over her face only appears on the title card of the movie, a half-sheet, and the glass slide! We have previously auctioned two examples of this title card, but the last one was 16 years ago! 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. The card has darkened, typical of Warner Bros. lobby cards of this period. The bottom right was separated from the rest of the card by a tear that measured 11 1/2". It runs on a diagonal below the title and goes through the end of Bogart's credit to the bottom border (see our images). The card also has pinholes, surface paper loss, and tiny paper loss around the edges, and someone put much tape on the back of parts of the borders, to reinforce those areas. There are some faint stains, creases, and scuffs scattered in the image. In spite of these many defects, the card can be displayed and enjoyed as it is, or certainly, it could have professional restoration. Please look closely at both our images to get a good sense of the condition of this card. Learn More about condition grades 
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