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Auction History Result #595 MARKED WOMAN LC '37 Bette Davis, Bogart Date Sold 11/13/2001Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. Original Vintage Theatrical Lobby Card (Measures 11" x 14") (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 this film was made prior to Bogart's rise to stardom in "The Petrified Forest", and he was not pictured on the film's posters. He only appears on two of the lobby cards (not the title card), and in one of the cards he is small. The other card is this one, which not only has a large image Bogart, but a great close image of him and his co-star from "The Petrified Forest", Bette Davis. Condition: good. This card had restoration. It appears there was a small piece missing from each of the corners and other small pieces missing from the bottom border. It appears there was slight restoration in the image area, but not very much. The restoration was done well, and while it can be clearly seen from the back of the card, where the restorer made no attempt to hide his work, the card looks quite nice from the front. The main thing that can be seen about the restoration is a slight unevenness of the color in the borders, and also some light creases in the lower right of the card. From a few feet away, this card looks great. From close up, it can be seen that it had restoration, but it is not very noticeable or distracting even from inches away. However, please do not bid on this card unless you can accept the restoration it has had. Learn More about condition grades 
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