1938 RKO Films Color Lobby Card Joan Fontaine In Blond Cheat Art Deco Graphics
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:182746 | Country/Region of Manufacture: United States |
| Title: Blond Cheat | Year: 1938 |
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Though the decades-long feud she had with sister Olivia De Haviland has shone a light on Joan Fontaine’s penchant to at turns be difficult and grudge-holding, the actress was tremendously giving to her fans. Up to her death in 2014, she responded personally--at times in great detail--to fans who wrote her asking for pictures, autographs, and reminiscences from her life in the pictures.
Among those who reached out to Fontaine and were rewarded for their efforts was William Studer, an Albert Lea man who passionately collected all things Joan.
Along with vintage photographs, signed books, and even personal Christmas cards, Studer also amassed a tremendous collection of clippings, correspondence with friends and colleagues of Joan Fontaine that shed light into her personality, and memorabilia.
We are thrilled to have the opportunity to offer pieces from this one-of-a-kind collection.
ITEM: You are bidding on a 1938 color original Lobby Card featuring Joan Fontaine and Derrick De Marney co-stars in "Blond Cheat" (1938), an RKO Films production.
Measures 14" x 11" with no odor and a nice gloss - a fresh attic find! "Blond Cheat" is a typical Depression-era madcap caper about love and money and the dangerous ways the two mix. In the film, socially prominent Michael Ashburn, chief assistant for a London loan broker makes a large loan at closing time to a man, collateralized by a pair of earrings. He is unaware that the collateral can not be removed from the ears in which they reside, so the beautiful Julie becomes part of the collateral
CONDITION: Fine condition throughout
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