Ladies and gentlemen, and the rest of you too here is a small tribute to the HA PR marketing team. Below is a superb description of a very desirable LC. Of course being meself a "smart cookie" - yes a very hard earned title- I know
too well that the
rarest of them all and
probably the best
ever LC for this film is indeed the
TC. I wont insult your intelligence posting a pic of the TC. But let's just say that it is
quintessentially Hollywood. That said, HA really knows how to sell...enjoy it!
The Public Enemy (Warner Brothers, 1931).Lobby Card (11" X 14").
For collectors aiming to add a signature piece to their movie poster collection, this lobby card from The Public Enemy is a monumental opportunity James Cagney was a bit player until he was cast as the lead in this crime drama. It was his snappy patter and wisecracking grin that earned him the title shot at Hollywood history. The film exploited the lives of gangsters like Al Capone who rose to power in the early 1930s and shocked the public into an awareness of the organized crime that ran bootleg alcohol during Prohibition. This is one of the most important films made during pre-Code Hollywood and features Jean Harlow, Ed Woods and Joan Blondell. This is one of only two lobby cards from the entire set with Cagney and Harlow pictured together. And it features sensational border artwork of a seething Cagney.
More elusive than the Loch Ness Monster, this card won't appear again at auction anytime soon, so bid away! There is a tiny chip in the bottom border, faint spotting in the top border, and light stains and wrinkling in the right border. Fine/Very Fine.