“A CHILD FOR SALE” ORIGINAL 1920 SILENT MOVIE RELEASE PRESS BOOK/SEVEN LOBBY CARDS.
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$115.00 (Includes 15% Buyer's Premium)
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Thursday, November 10, 2011 12:00:00 PM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Thursday, November 10, 2011 12:00:00 PM)
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Auction #204 - Part II
Item numbers 1447 through 3204 in auction 204
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Item Description
Eight items. 9x12" die-cut press book consists of stiff paper covers and 12 inside sheets with die-cut hole at top with single staple on each side. Released by Graphic Film Corporation New York for film starring Gladys Leslie and Creighton Hale. Front cover has image of happy child with thunderbolts and clouds nearby and clutching hand at left with text at top “Ivan Abramson Hails His Dramatic Thunderbolt”. Abramson wrote and directed the film. Contents include reviews of film, images of lobby cards and photos, along with page showing two half sheet posters. Seven of eight lobby cards are each 11x14" and includes title card showing two young actors in costume. Press book covers have some dust soil most noticeable on blank back cover, insides are clean and tight. Several lobby cards have pinholes in corners with some corner creasing and dust soil and aging at edges. One card has 2.75" tall white chalk letter “X” in center with lead pencil scribble line. Group is overall Good/VG. Storyline has Greenwich Village painter struggling to make ends meet with his wife and two children. His wife dies and in desperation he sells his daughter to a wealthy widow. He can’t bear to part with her and takes her back but she comes down with yellow fever and the doctor who looks in on her takes the son to the Harrisons but it turns out that Mrs. Harrison is the mother of the painter from a previous marriage which she has kept secret from her husband. The painter ends up saving the life of his landlord/stepfather and Mrs. Harrison comes clean about her past. Interesting group for an early movie with a somewhat complex plot line.
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