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The Glass Key (1942)

US Lobby Card for The Glass Key, ca. 1942

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June 19, 01:16 PM GMT

Estimate

1,200 - 1,800 GBP

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Description

THE GLASS KEY. Paramount Pictures, 1942.


US Lobby Card, matted and framed: 16 ½ x 19 ½ in. (42 x 49.5 cm).


Unframed dimensions: 11 x 14 in. (28 x 36 cm).

This lobby card with provocative image of Veronica Lake is the most desirable card from the US set of eight lobby cards.


The Glass Key was directed by Stuart Heisler and is based on the novel of the same name by Dashiell Hammett. The cast includes Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake and Brian Donlevy. Paul Madvig (Brian Donlevy) is a dishonest politician, who after deciding to clean up his act, finds himself accused of murder by a gangster who he refused to help during a re-election campaign.