Vintage original 11x14 in. U.S. lobby card, fine+ condition.

The silent film drama MONTE CRISTO, based upon the famous novel by Alexandre Dumas père, was released in 1922 by the Fox Film Corporation and stars John Gilbert in the lead role of Edmond Dantes. The beautiful image features a scene inside an elegantly appointed Library as Edmond Dantes (John Gilbert), now an elderly man, stands before his beloved Mercedes, Countess de Morcerf (Estelle Taylor), now an older woman, as she begs his forgiveness as Dantes reminisces about his past with her which is shown in two different images in the top of the card. This vintage original lobby card is in fine+ condition with one pinhole in the center of the top border and four pinholes in the center of the bottom border; slight rounding to each corner with some wear along the bottom edge of the left corner; and a tiny circular stain in the top half of the right border next to the image area.

PLEASE NOTE: We believe the lobby cards from the set that we are selling were printed for the film's original 1922 theatrical release, as they do not mention John Gilbert's name on them. We have seen two other similar sets that state either "William Fox Presents John Gilbert in MONTE CRISTO" or "William Fox Presents MONTE CRISTO With John Gilbert" in the credits box on the scene cards. The cards mentioning his name indicate to us that they were printed at a later time after his star was on the rise, which makes the cards that we are offering much more desirable. As further evidence, the film's opening title card does not single out any star but instead mentions "With an All-Star Cast."

Monte Cristo; Fox Film Corporation; 1922; dir: Emmett J. Flynn; cast: John Gilbert, Estelle Taylor, Robert McKim, William V. Mong, Virginia Brown Faire, George Siegmann, Spottiswoode Aitken, Ralph Cloniger, Albert Prisco, Al W. Filson, Harry Lonsdale, Francis McDonald, Jack Cosgrove, Maude George, Renée Adorée.