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The Chip Board Archive 23

Nice gambling lobby card and eBay story

Not all the stories about eBay are sour, misleading, etc. I collect gambling theme movie lobby cards (11" x 14" posters). I bid about $16 for this nice one, and to my surprise I won the auction for one-cent ($0.01). I felt bad for the seller, so I emailed him to invoice me $5 for the card (plus shipping). But he wouldn't hear of it. Here is the card below.

TERROR IN THE CITY CRIME ROLLING DICE ART - NSS LOBBY CARD ORIGINAL MOVIE POSTER
The auction: http://www.ebay.com/itm/TERROR-IN-THE-CITY-CRIME-ROLLING-DICE-ART-NSS-LOBBY-CARD-ORIGINAL-MOVIE-POSTER-/141065458170

The movie got 3 out of 4 stars from TV Guide:

TV Guide review:

A fairly moving low-budget independent film starring Bray as a nine-year-old who ventures into Manhattan after running away from the small farm where he lives with his bitter, widowed father. In the big city he meets up with a mean-spirited teen, Charlemagne, who controls all the shoeshine boys and newspaper sellers in the area and cuts himself in for half their take. Bray hooks up with a friendly Puerto Rican kid, Marsach, and the lad is soon selling papers. Soon after, Bray is involved in a crap game with Charlemagne, during which he wins most of the punk's money. After a night on the town, Bray is beaten by Charlemagne's toadies and is rescued by helpful-hooker Grant before much damage is done. Brill stays with her, and the next day she takes him on a shopping spree for new clothes. This relationship is broken up by the cops, who haul Grant into the can for soliciting. Bray then takes the money he has left, buys a bicycle, and heads back to the farm. In an accident with a truck, his bike is ruined. He finds temporary refuge with an elderly black couple and eventually finds his way home, where all his experiences draw him and his father closer.

Robert


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