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Vintage original 11x14 in. US title lobby card from the 1920's silent film crime drama, IF YOU BELIEVE IT, IT'S SO, released in 1922 by Paramount Pictures and directed by Tom Forman. Thomas Meighan stars
as as a big city crook who v achieves regeneration through association
rather than reformation through faith. The cast includes Pauline Starke,
Joseph J. Dowling, Theodore Roberts, Charles Ogle, Laura Anson, Charles
K. French, Tom Kennedy, and Ed Brady.
The image features a full shot of star
Thomas Meighan (as big city crook "Chick Harris," left) as an older
austere looking man introduces him to his cronies while beautiful Pauline Starke watches from the left. The caption in the
lower right reads, "My old friend, Dicky" as the older man
points to Meighan. It is unrestored in fine condition
with two pinholes in each upper corner and two in the lower center
portion just above and below the "A Paramount Picture" credits line.
There are light signs of wear at each corner and 2.25 in. scuff along
the upper left edge.
The Oct. 15, 1921 Motion Picture News reported that the film's small town scenes were being shot in Jamestown, CA. |