Experiment Perilous 1944 original vintage lobby card on heavy card stock. 11x14 inches.

"Experiment Perilous" is a 1944 melodrama set at the turn of the 20th century. The film is based on a 1943 novel by Margaret Carpenter and directed by Jacques Tourneur.

Movie lobby cards are a uniquely American creation. They are a hybrid of movie posters and, usually, movie star photos. Back in the early 1910s, the small
nickelodeons, where films were first shown, started morphing into larger, more permanent, and more elegant venues.