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Auction History Result 4j0761 CONFESSION LC 1937 seductive Kay Francis with completely different look & hair, ultra rare! Date Sold 6/6/2023 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) Confession, the 1937 Joe May older-man-seduces-young-girl-and-years-later-she-kills-him melodrama (about a pretty teen music student, who is seduced by a famous concert pianist, but he makes the mistake of taking her to a club where an earlier conquest of his has now been reduced to being a sleazy lounge singer, and when the older woman sees him with a would-be new conquest, she shoots and kills him and is put on trial for murder!) starring Kay Francis, Ian Hunter, Basil Rathbone, Jane Bryan, Donald Crisp, Veda Ann Borg, Ben Welden, and Mary Maguire. Note that this movie has a fascinating origin! It was inspired by a real life 1930 murder case in Europe. In 1931, it was adapted into the American movie, "Millie", starring Helen Twelvetrees, but even in that pre-Code time, the details of the case had to be altered. In 1935, producers Arnold Pressburger and Gregor Rabinovitch decided to make a German version called "Mazurka", and they hired Pola Negri to come over from the U.S., where her career was winding down. The movie ran into trouble, probably partially because Pressburger and Rabinovitch were "not Aryan" (they would soon both leave Germany), and partially because it was rumored that Negri had had an affair with Hitler, and Goebbels was afraid her making a movie in Germany could cause a scandal, but the movie WAS made, and everyone agreed it was excellent. Warner Bros. liked the movie so much that they bought the rights to it, intending to have Bette Davis star in this American version of it, but it ended up starring Kay Francis, and it was originally called "One Hour of Romance", before they settled on this title, and released it in 1937. It was almost a scene-by-scene remake of this original German version, and Warner Bros. bought the American rights to the German movie and did not allow it to be shown in the U.S., for fear that it would hurt this movie. To this day, "Mazurka" can only be seen in unsubtitled prints (and of course, it would be great to have a modern remake of it)! 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, two inserts, an "other company" half-sheet, three lobby cards (one "other company"), and some stills from this movie (and NO other movie paper of any kind) 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: fair to good. The card has darkened, typical of Warner Bros. linen lobby cards of this period. There is paper loss in the bottom left corner and smaller paper loss in the right of the top border. There are creases and tears around the edges, including a 3" vertical crease at lower left. Please look at our super-sized images to get a good sense of the exact condition of this card before placing a bid. 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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