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Auction History Result 8z1422 THIS GUN FOR HIRE LC #4 R1945 Veronica Lake stops Alan Ladd from shooting Laird Cregar! Date Sold 6/10/2021 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. A 1945 Re-Release Theatrical Movie Lobby Card #4 (LC; measures 11" x 14" [28 x 36 cm]) (Learn More) This Gun For Hire, the classic 1942 Frank Tuttle spy espionage counterfeiting murder crime film noir ("Killer without a conscience! Lover without a heart?"; "Based on the novel by Graham Greene") starring Veronica Lake (as a magician who does card tricks!), Robert Preston, Laird Cregar, Alan Ladd, Tully Marshall, Mikhail Rasumny, Marc Lawrence, Pamela Blake, Emmett Vogan, and Victor Kilian. Note that Alan Ladd was fourth billed in this movie (he had been in movies for several years, including in Citizen Kane, but he had mostly tiny roles), but this movie made him a major star. It is incredibly fortunate that the U.S. poster artist chose to feature only fourth-billed Ladd and first-billed Lake on the one-sheet, making it one of the most desirable U.S. posters! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: When this movie was first released in 1942, Alan Ladd was fourth billed. But this movie made him a major star, and after several more excellent film noir performances over the next few years, Paramount re-released this in 1945, just three years after its first release, only this time Alan Ladd moved from 4th billed to top billed! The 1945 lobby cards have different scenes from the 1942 cards, and of course, they have more images of Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake, because by 1945, they were what fans most cared about! 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. What IS gelbacking? Learn More Condition: good to very good. The card had pinholes, tears, and smudges around the edges and a pinhole in Lake's forehead. Overall, the card was in good to very good condition prior to restoration. A talented restorer gel backed the card (meaning they backed the card onto a gel material) and they then performed excellent restoration to the above defects, and then removed the gel backing. You can see slight signs of the restoration, and the restorer painted over some of the white border areas. Learn More about condition grades 
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