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The Case of Lena Smith, Lobby Card
A woman holds a curly-haired boy close.
What
A 1929 Paramount lobby card for The Case of Lena Smith, an American silent drama directed by Josef von Sternberg.
Why
Esther Ralston and James Hall starred, and Wikipedia reports that critics rank it among the lost films of the silent era that archivists most hope to find.
Notice
Red and blue lightning bolts run down both sides of the still, under the line "A JOSEF VON STERNBERG PRODUCTION".
“What remains of a lost film”
Format
The full-resolution, color-managed file — restored honestly, yours to print and keep.
Sized to protect print quality — this scan supports sizes up to 24x36" cleanly.
Size
$29.00
Provenance
- Film
- The Case of Lena Smith (1929), dir. Josef von Sternberg
- Country / studio
- United States · Paramount Pictures
- Format
- Lobby card
- Poster published
- U.S. lobby card, in colour, 1929
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons
Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (poster published 1930 or earlier). Gated by the poster’s own publication year, never the film’s. Cleared by registry on 2026-07-18.
From Silent Hollywood
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