Movie Poster Archives – May 2022 Auction
Auction Ends: Jun 1, 2022 08:00 PM CDT

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VINTAGE MOVIE PHOTO CARDS, Men A, Richard Dix, George Obrien, Jack Mulhall

Item Number
540
Opening Bid
3 USD

The winning bid will go to FrontStream Global Fund (tax ID 26-3265577), a 501c3 nonprofit organization, which will send the donation to Movie Poster Archives (tax ID 814277585) on behalf of the winner.

Item Description

Movie Studio Cards were very popular during the 1920s to the 1960s. When you would write to a studio or celebrity, it was very common to be sent a 5x7 of the celebrity with a facsimile signature.

DESCRIPTION: In this lot are 3 original vintage movie photo cards:

Richard Dix began his acting career with Morosco Stock Company as leading man and signed with Paramount. Dix was a major leading man at RKO from 1929-1943. Dix is credited with 100 films from 1917-1947 when he retired.

George OBrien started his career after WWI as a stuntman. OBrien appeared in 78 films from 1922-1940. OBrien left films to re-enlist in the Navy during WWII. After the war he appeared in 7 more films before retiring.

Jack Mulhall began in vaudeville before joining D.W. Griffith at Biograph. During his early career made mostly shorts, Mulhall is credited with 448 credits in his acting career from 1917-1959 when he retired.

CONDITION: All 3 are in Very Good to Very Good+ with some slight edge wear and storage curves due to age.

Item Special Note

PLEASE NOTE:  Watermark is NOT on the actual photographs!  Click on images to enlarge.

Movie Poster Archives is a 501c3 non-profit corporation dedicated to documenting and digitizing film accessories in development of the first physical and digital repository. The items listed for sale are items that are lagniappe (extra) pieces beyond what is needed for the MPA programs or do not fit into the MPA program parameters. These lagniappe items are sold to raise funds for overhead and development of MPA programs and sold as is with no rights given or implied.

Valuation:  Since this material is lagniappe or does not fit into our preservation programs, we do not assess their market value.  Price is established to cover our processing, storing and shipping supplies and leave a nominal profit for our programs.

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