The Daredevil Drivers, 1938, Movie Glass Slide, Beverly Roberts, Dick Purcell

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The Daredevil Drivers, 1938, Movie Glass Slide, Beverly Roberts, Dick Purcell
The Daredevil Drivers, 1938, Movie Glass Slide, Beverly Roberts, Dick Purcell
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You are bidding on an ORIGINAL "coming attraction" Movie Glass/Lantern Slide that was designed to promote the theatrical release of the 1938, drama feature, "The Daredevil Drivers".
I am Auctioning off my entire collection of
Movie Glass Slides
this week (over 100). Please check out some of these titles:
1935, R48,
A Night at the Opera
, The Marx Brothers (Groucho, Harpo, Chico), Margaret Dumont,
SOLD
1939 -
Alleghany Uprising
, John Wayne, Claire Trevor
1939 -
Destry Rides Again
, Marlene Dietrich, James Stewart
1939 -
Gunga Din
, Cary Grant, Victor McLaglen, Joan Fontaine
1939 -
The Roaring Twenties
, James Cagney,
Humphrey Bogart, Priscilla Lane
1940 -
Boom Town
, Clark Gable, Spencer Tracy, Hedy Lamarr
1940 -
Brigham Young
, Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, Dean Jagger
1940 -
Charlie Chan in Panama
, Sidney Toler, Jean Rogers, Victor Sen Yung
,
SOLD
1940 -
Gone With The Wind
, Clark Gable, Vivian Leigh, Olivia de Havilland
,
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1940 -
His Girl Friday
, Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell
1940 -
Knute Rockne, All American
, Pat O'Brien, Ronald Reagan
1940 -
Santa Fe Trail
,
Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Ronald Reagan, Alan Hale
1940 -
Strike Up the Band
, Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland
1940 -
The Great Walt Disney Festival of Hits
, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
,
SOLD
1940 -
The Green Hornet Strikes Again
, Warren Hull, Keye Luke
,
SOLD
1940 -
The Mark of Zorro
, Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell
,
SOLD
1940 -
The Return of Frank James
, Henry Fonda, Gene Tierney, Jackie Cooper
1940 -
Virginia City
, Errol Flynn, Mariam Hopkins,
Humphrey Bogart,
1941 -
High Sierra
, Humphrey Bogart, Ida Lupino
,
SOLD
1941 -
Strawberry Blonde
, James Cagney,
Olivia de Havilland, Rita Hayworth
1941 -
Suspicion
- Cary Grant, Joan Fontaine (directed by Alfred Hitchcock)
,
SOLD
1941 -
The Bride Came C.O.D.
, James Cagney, Bette Davis, William Frawley
1941 -
The Little Foxes
, Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall, Teresa Wright
1941 -
The Great Lie
,
Bette Davis, George Brent, Mary Astor
1942, R49 -
The Pride of the Yankees
, Gary Cooper, Babe Ruth
, Teresa Wright
1948 -
Fort Apache
, John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Shirley Temple
1949 -
Little Women
- June Allyson, Janet Leigh, Mary Astor, Margaret O'Brien, Elizabeth Taylor, Peter Lawford
,
SOLD
1949 -
The Fighting Kentuckian
,
John Wayne, Oliver Hardy, Vera Ralston
1950 -
Fancy Pants
, Bob Hope, Lucille Ball, Bruce Cabot
1950 -
Father of the Bride
, Spencer Tracy, Joan Bennett, Elizabeth Taylor
1950 -
The Asphalt Jungle
, Marilyn Monroe, Sterling Hayden, Louis Calhern
1950 -
Sunset Boulevard
, William Holden, Gloria Swanson
,
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And Many, Many More Great Titles...
This hand colored glass slide is an ORIGINAL and it is NOT a reproduction. It was created to be projected onto the movie theatre screen before the film was released to promote the "coming attraction". Some people in the movie collectible world have said, that, glass slides are much rarer than the paper poster memorabilia from the same film and are very rare pieces of film history.
Format:
Glass Slide: 3 1/4" x 4"
Plot Summary:
A hotshot race-car driver gets suspended, and winds up driving for a shady bus company. This causes problems with his girlfriend, who owns a rival--but much more reputable--bus company. To get back on his girlfriend's good side, he looks a little deeper into the company he's working for and discovers that it's a front for a criminal gang.
Trivia:
Beverly Roberts was going to sing a song in the film, but it was cut.
The first movie of Gloria Blondell sister of Joan Blondell.
The working title was "Highway Pirates".
Jerry Neeley (Beverly Roberts) drives a 1937 Ford convertible.
Studio:
Warner Brothers
Date:
1938
Genre:
Crime Drama, Action
Director(s):
B. Reeves Eason
Producer(s):
Bryan Foy
Cast
:
Beverly Roberts as Jerry Neeley
Dick Purcell as Bill Foster
Gloria Blondell as Lucy Mack
Gordon Oliver as Mark Banning
Charley Foy as 'Stub' Wilson
Donald Briggs as Tommy Burnell
Eric Stanley as Mr. Lane
Max Hoffman Jr. as Joe Bailey
Ferris Taylor as Councilman Baker
Cliff Clark as Mr. McAullife
Earl Dwire as Mr. Perkins
William Hopper as Neeley Bus Driver
Fred Lawrence as Burnell Bus Driver
Anderson Lawler as Mr. Bounty
John Harron as Mr. Chet Maxfield
More Info on Beverly Roberts
:
Beverly Roberts was an actress from the 1930s to the 1970s. Some of her movies include: The Singing Kid, West of Shanghai, First Offenders,
Daredevil Drivers
and Buried Alive. From 1937 to 1939 she starred in sixteen films. In Hollywood she was a friend of Humphrey Bogart, Spencer Tracy, Pat O'Brien and George Jessel. She passed away in 2009 at the age of 95.
More Info on Dick Purcell
:
Richard Gerold Purcell Jr. (August 6, 1905 – April 10, 1944) was an American actor best known for playing Marvel Comics' Captain America in the 1943 film serial, co-starring with Lorna Gray and Lionel Atwill. Purcell also appeared in films such as Tough Kid (1938), Accidents Will Happen (1938), Heroes in Blue (1939), Irish Luck (1939), The Bank Dick (1940), and King of the Zombies (1941),
More Info on Gloria Blondell
:
Gloria Blondell (August 16, 1915 – March 25, 1986) was a stage, film, and television. Gloria Blondell was a popular featured actress during the Golden Age of Radio. Blondell had the role of secretary Jerry Booker on I Love a Mystery. Her appearances on radio include Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, Lux Radio Theatre, Arch Oboler's Plays, Richard Diamond, Private Detective, Screen Directors Playhouse, and
The Great Gildersleeve
.
In her television performances, Blondell may be best remembered for her role as Honeybee Gillis in the 1950s sitcom starring William Bendix,
The Life of Riley
. She was cast in that series opposite Tom D'Andrea as her husband, Jim Gillis. She appeared too as enviably curvaceous Grace Foster in the
I Love Lucy
episode "The Anniversary Present" (1952).
More Info on Gordon Oliver
:
Gordon Oliver was an actor from the 1930s to the 1970s. Some of his movies include:
Jezebel
, The Spiral Staircase, Born to Be Bad, and Since You Went Away. He passed away in 1995 at the age of 84.
Please, let me know if you have any questions about this item or any of the items I am selling.
Slide Condition:
The Glass Slide is NM, the cardboard holder VG-EX+ (shows some wear)
. Please see the scans for actual condition.
This Movie Glass Slide would make a great addition to your collection or as a Gift (great for Framing in a Shadow Box).
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This glass slide will be wrapped in bubble wrap and shipped securely inside a sturdy box.
I will combine lots to save on the shipping costs and I use USPS 1st class shipping (it gives both of us tracking of the package).
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