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Auction History Result 5w084 CHECKERS TC '19 the sensational horse racing stage success, a true title card! Date Sold 3/24/2016 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) Checkers, the 1919 Richard Stanton silent racetrack sports horse racing gambling romantic comedy ("The great racing drama"; "The sensational stage success"; based on the Henry Martyn Blossom novel and play; about a man who makes his living as a race track tout, which is someone who sells tips on which horses will win to people at the track; he hates his life and stops, but when the girl he loves, who is a female jockey, needs help, he resumes his old profession in order to get her the money) starring Thomas Carrigan (in the title role as Checkers), Jean Acker, Julien Beaubien, Ellen Cassidy, Robert Elliott, and Tammany Young. Note that this is a "lost" film, which means that no surviving copies are thought to exist. Important Added Info: Note that in the earliest days of lobby cards (mostly between 1915 and 1919), lobby sets were usually NINE cards. There were eight scene cards, and an additional "title card", that was REALLY a title card, because it normally just had text on it with the title of the movie and the credits, but no image. Some time at the end of the 1910s, studios realized they could print lobby cards on two half-sheet-sized sheets and then trim them into eight lobby cards, which saved a lot of money, and at that time they eliminated the title card and changed one of the scene cards into a modern day title card (with both image and credits), and the eight card lobby card has remained the standard to the present day. The title card offered here is one of those mid 1910s true title cards! 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. There are stains and paper loss around the edges. 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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