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Lobby Card Set (8) (11" x 14")
Very Fine
RKO, 1937

Now, you can acquire an exquisite set of eight full-color lobby cards from this landmark production, one of the most beloved films of all time, selected by the Library of Congress for inclusion in the National Film Registry in 1989 as part of its first crop of entries. This exquisitely rendered set features Snow White, the Seven Dwarfs, and even the Evil Queen (in her old hag disguise) on one card.

All of the cards are bright and in very clean condition. All but a couple of the cards have small pieces of white tape on the verso which appears to be supporting pinholes in the card. Only the title card as any surface airbrush work and that is sporadically around the borders. A very clean set and very scarce.

Walt Disney sank everything he had into this production, even mortgaging his home to raise the needed capital. Originally estimated to cost $250,000 (ten times the budget of the typical Silly Symphonies short), the film had an initial budget of $150,000 and eventually ran to nearly $1.5 million, an unheard-of sum for any feature film at the time. One of the most outstanding achievements in film history, both a critical and commercial success, that would quickly become the most successful sound film of all time (although it would be replaced in that position by 1939's Gone with the Wind). It also laid the foundation for the Disney empire, as the profits from this film allowed Disney to build a new studio on 51 acres of land in Burbank, CA.

Estimate: $6,000 - 12,000
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