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Auction History Result 3p1101 WILD BILL HICKOK TC 1923 William S. Hart, Ethel Grey Terry as Calamity Jane, ultra rare! Date Sold 1/17/2023 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) Wild Bill Hickok (released in Denmark as "Wild Bill"), the 1923 Clifford Smith silent historical gambling cowboy western ("By William S. Hart - Adapted for the screen by J.G. Hawks"; the movie is set right after the Civil War, when the legendary gunfighter has decided to retire and become a card dealer in a western gambling casino; he falls in love, but the woman is married, and he stops some crooks) starring William S. Hart (in the title role as Wild Bill Hickok), Ethel Grey Terry (as Calamity Jane), Kathleen O'Connor, Jim Farley, Jack Gardner (as Bat Masterson), and Bert Lindley (as Wyatt Earp). Note that William S. Hart was friends with the real life Wyatt Earp, and he included his character in a minor role in this movie, six years before he passed away (Hart was the producer of the movie and helped write the screenplay). There is also a Calamity Jane in this movie, and it would be interesting to compare this movie to the later depictions of Hickok and Calamity Jane! The only surviving example of this movie is incomplete, and it is missing a section in the middle where Hickok goes to visit General Custer, so hopefully one day someone will find a complete example! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that we have only previously auctioned one first release lobby card from this movie until we were consigned this second card! Also note that there is a stamp on the back that reads "FROM THE COLLECTION OF Michael R. Hawks", who most would consider the premier lobby card collector and expert in the world (and he is still an active collector, looking for the last few items he needs!). 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. Also note that the vast majority of collectors would assume that this is a title card, but it is not! In the mid to late 1920s, Paramount made many sets of lobby cards where the seven scene cards all LOOK like title cards, but the actual title card is different from the seven scene cards (not too long after this, Paramount abandoned title cards altogether for the most part for the next forty-odd years, instead using a posed portrait of the stars in place of a title card). This scene card is from one of those sets where the scene cards are commonly mistaken for title cards. Please do not bid on it thinking it is a title card, as it is a scene card! Condition: very good. Note that this 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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