DONT CALL IT LOVE Nita Naldi JACK HOLT 1924 LOBBY CARD SILENT SCREEN FILM FEATURE Paramount ORIG. MOVIE POSTER Start Price USD 199.00 Current Price USD 199.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Wednesday, November 19, 2008 End Time Friday, December 19, 2008 Location Long Beach, California See more about 'DONT CALL IT LOVE Nita Naldi JACK HOLT 1924 LOBBY CARD' Description Here is an unique opportunity to personally own a piece of silent cinema history! This is a RARE, vintage, heavy stock, movie lobby card of the original US release of the film from my extensive personal collection. This is NOT a reproduction copy, reprint or re-release.It's a wonderful promotional item that was sent to theaters to display in the lobby and advertise the film to the public. It is a great looking and colorful scene card.Please be aware that my digital camera image may differ slightly from the actual lobby card quality due to exposure/lighting/focus.Motion Picture Title: DON'T CALL IT LOVEApproximate Size in Inches: 11" x 14" (28 x 35 cm)Approximate Year of Origin: 1924Movie Studio: Paramount PicturesFilm Star: Nita Naldi & Jack HoltPhysical Condition: VERY FINENice card with CLEAN image, only two pinholes & very minor edge wear.Wealthy Richard Parrish (Jack Holt) finds the enduring affection of his fiancee, Alice Meldrum (Agnes Ayres) tiring. He becomes fascinated by Rita Coventry (Nita Naldi), a fickle opera diva who believes in grand passion as a way of enhancing her art. Alice is sorely neglected while Parrish hovers around Rita, but soon enough she gets bored of him and finds fresh romance with Patrick Delaney, a piano tuner and part time musician (Rod La Rocque). Parrish tries to go back to the reluctant Alice, who only takes him back after he persists. Rita, meanwhile, marries Delaney and goes on a honeymoon. However, the incorrigible prima donna promises her managers she will return soon because she wants to check out the new tenor.The "female Valentino," as she liked to call herself, Nita Naldi became the most outrageous vamp of the 1920s -- reportedly both on and off the screen. Born Anita Donna Dooley and convent-educated, Naldi took her professional name from a school chum (Mary Rinaldi) and set out to conquer the world of show business with a vengeance. A chorus girl in The Passing Show of 1918 and The Midnight Whirl (1919), Naldi was appearing in Morris Gest's Aphrodite (1919) when approached by John Barrymore, who cast her as Gina in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920). Although Barrymore would later dismiss her as his "dumb Duse," Naldi is surprisingly modern in her flamboyant role as Hyde's would-be seducer and she steals every scene she's in. She was personally selected by famed writer Vicente Blasco-Ibanez (who, Naldi claimed, dropped his dentures down her cleavage while engaged in a tirade against the Catholic church) for the role of the temptress Doña Sol in Blood and Sand (1922), outrageously vamping Rudolph Valentino who seems to be literally energized by her lustful behavior. The florid melodrama became her signature film and was so popular that she was reunited with Valentino twice in A Sainted Devil (1924) and Cobra (1925). Please ask any and all questions prior to bidding/buying.I do NOT and will NOT sell copies, scans or jpegs of this or any item.All payment is due within 7 calendar days of the auction close, with no exceptions.Per new ebay regulations, PayPal is the only accepted payment method.This will be shipped to you flat, safe, sturdy and secure.Insurance is optional but suggested for all US orders as we can not file any claim for loss or damage with it.FREE Shipping and Handling within the USA will be via USPS Mail.We ship WorldWide!Multiple lobby card purchases can ship together for postage savings.Shipment outside the USA will be via insured Priority International Mail.The cost of air mail shipping and handling to Canada is $19.The cost of shipping to anywhere else in the world is $27.Insurance is required and additional for all international orders. Please check my cool ebay storeclick here for Classic Film Lobby Cards & MORE!  Lobby Card Gradings:Mint: Flawless and unusedNear Mint: Very slightly used with almost no defects.Very Fine: Insignificant wear or defects, such as pinholes on the borders.Fine: Minor wear or defects, such as pinholes within the borders.Very Good: Generally used, with normal age wear, with moderate defects.Good: Heavily used but the overall eye appeal of the piece is intact.Fair: Heavy wear with defects.Poor: Major defects. Place a Bid!