GIMME (1923) Silent Film Comedy Lobby Card Helene Chadwick & Henry B. Walthall

Description

V
intage original 11x14 in. U.S. lobby card
from the silent film comedy,
GIMME
, released in 1923 by the Goldwyn Distributing Corp. and
directed by
Rupert Hughes
. Based upon the story by Hughes and his wife, Adelaide, Helene Chadwick stars as a young woman who borrows money from her boss for her wedding dress. After her marriage, he asks to be repaid, and she--not liking to ask her husband for money--writes a check on her husband's account. When he discovers that his wife has written a check to another man, complications ensue.
The image features an interior medium shot inside the apartment of Cecily McGimsey (
May Wallace
) and her husband, John (
Henry B. Walthall
), as the couple watch Fanny Daniels (
Helene Chadwick
) grabs her lower back in pain while performing housework for them. The tag line in the bottom border describes the scene:
Fanny did housework to pay off her husband's debts.
Printed for the film's original 1923 U.S. theatrical release, this vintage original silent film lobby comedy lobby card is unrestored in very fine- condition with one pinhole in the top left corner, a 0.5 in. diagonal crease on the top right corner, light water stains along the edge of the right border, and a light 1 in. and 0.25 in. diagonal crease on the bottom right corner.
Henry B. Walthall is best remembered for his starring role of "The Little Colonel" in D.W. Griffith's 1915 groundbreaking feature film,
The Birth of a Nation
.
Rupert Hughes
(January 31, 1872 – September 9, 1956) was an American novelist, film director, Oscar-nominated screenwriter, military officer, and music composer. He was the brother of Howard R. Hughes, Sr. and uncle of billionaire Howard R. Hughes, Jr.
Hughes wrote and directed the silent film
Reno
(1923). His short story "The Mobilization of Johanna" was filmed as
Johanna Enlists
(1918) starring Mary Pickford. His "Don't Call Me Madame" was filmed as
Tillie and Gus
(1933). Another one of his stories was filmed as
Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen
(1934).
His three-volume scholarly biography of George Washington broke new ground in demythologizing Washington and was well received by historians. A staunch anti-Communist, in the 1940's he served as president of the American Writers Association, a group of anti-Communist writers.