Vintage ORIGINAL 1920 Rialto Silent Film Lobby Card Behold My Wife Paramount

Description

This is a Vintage ORIGINAL 1920 Rialto Silent Film Lobby Card for "Behold My Wife", A Paramount Picture, starring Elliott Dexter, Milton Sills, and Mabel Julienne Scott, and directed by Jensen Von Herberg.
PLEASE NOTE: the bottom section of the lobby card is cut off and missing. I tappears that the cut off portion included the inner green and outer white border only. As found, the lobby card is 14" x 20 5/8".  Two of the three lobby cards discussed below have been trimmed off at the bottom.  I do not know to a certainty how many inches are missing off of the bottom of the poster, nor why the poster was cut down, but the one complete card is 22" tall, so perhaps that was the original height of all three, and if so, this one is missing the bottom 1 1/8".  One photo illustrates the size relative to a 12" ruler.
Information about the film including cast and plot synopsis can be found online.
At the time of the original listing, this was one three original Rialto Theater lobby cards purchased together and being offered in separate listings.  For any purchaser of two or more posters, the additional posters will be shipped together at no additional shipping charge for the second or third poster.
Each of the posters has some condition issues as described in the Condition section and indicated in the photos.  Please review both carefully.
The cardboard used for these posters is much too heavy for rolling, so they will be shipped flat between the two sides of a sturdy, unused, strong cardboard box, stamped DO NOT BEND in red in multiple places on both sides, and your package will be insured at our expense.
Condition
The lobby card has a number of condition issues.  The main ones are noted below and marked with blue arrows in closeup photos.  You may note other more minor issues on the photos of the poster as well.  The condition issues noted included:
The most notable issue is that some of the bottom section of the lobby card, probably just about 1 1/8", is cut off and missing, as noted about.
several small holes, one in the green area to the left of the R in RIALTO, and the other in the white border on the right.  These are probably from careless hanging at some time in the past.
There are also quite a number of other holes / punctures all along the lower green border and outer lower white border, one with an adjacent small tear out to the right edge.
a dogear at the upper left corner
a 2" x 1 1/2" irregular torn off lower left corner.  From this there is an additional 2" tear, probably not visible, but marked with an arrow, tha extends almost the the outer edge of the photo area border, just above the small lettering "A Paramount Picture.
tears in the border areas
an irregular tear from the bottom edge up along the right edge of the photo area to just below the level of SCOTT in the cast list
there is overall discoloration of the paper with age.
I assume that a qualified paper / art conservator could mitigage some or all of these issues but I do not know for sure, nor what the cost of any restoration might be.
The lobby card is offered as found / as seen / as described.
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