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Auction History Result

9b765 WHY MEN LEAVE HOME LC '24 saintly mother Mary Carr confesses she pretended to be sick to help!

Date Sold 2/8/2011
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An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Lobby Card (11x14; LC; measures 11" x 14" [28 x 36 cm]) (Learn More)

Why Men Leave Home, the 1924 John M. Stahl silent romantic love triangle marriage divorce comedy melodrama (about a young couple who marries, and they soon grow apart; the man has an affair with his secretary and his wife divorces him, and he marries the secretary, but his grandmother cleverly gets the divorced couple together at her house, and then pretends to be very sick, and the house is quarantined, and during the time they are stuck together, they reconcile and re-marry!) starring Lewis Stone, Helene Chadwick, Mary Carr, William V. Mong, and Alma Bennett. Note that Mary Carr became a major star in the mid 1910s around the age of 40, playing the parts of saintly mothers. She continued to make movies (switching to grandmother roles) through the mid 1930s, and then continued with mostly uncredited parts until the mid 1950s. She passed away in 1973 at the age of 99!
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UPDATED 02/04/2011: Note that a knowledgeable collector pointed out that Mary Carr is the woman in the bed!

Condition: very good to fine. Note that this lobby card is completely unrestored and there is not a single piece of tape on either the front or back of the card!
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