Year of Ann Dvorak: Day 194

We’ve already spent a few days looking at official and un-official posters from The Case of the Stuttering Bishop, so what’s a few more? This was Ann Dvorak’s last film under her Warner Bros. contract, and since it was part of the Perry Mason series, it’s one of Ann’s more collectable titles. Considering Ann had been a thorn in the studio’s side through all of 1936, she was featured very prominently Warner poster art for this film.

Of course Warner Bros.’ attitude towards Ann Dvorak would not have been reflected in the Other Company art (an explanation of the company can be found here) who pretty much had free reign, other than not listing the name of the studio. They could, however, list that it starred Ann Dvorak (top billed here), Donald Woods – and a great cast. Here are few cards Other Company cards I own from the film.

Even though these Other Company cards are not official studio art, they tend to come up for sale more often than the Warner Bros. cards do. At times, I have seen them sell for upwards of $100 a card, though that’s probably because the buyer did not realize the card they were looking at was an authorized but unofficial poster supplement – with a great cast.