Set of three lobby cards for the film “Margin for Error” (1943)

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.1 Lobby card printed on rectangular, off-white paper. Curved across the center of the card is the film title, printed in yellow-and-red, balloon-style font. Directly above and below the title are the names of the lead actors and original author, printed in green ink. The film title overlays the bottom of a rectangular, photographic image of a man and woman, depicted from the shoulders up. The bald man is in right profile, wearing a tuxedo, and leaning towards the woman on the right. The woman has dark hair, is wearing a light purple top, and is looking sideways at the man over her right shoulder. In the top left corner of the card is an illustrated image of the same man, bending down behind a portly officer in a brown military jacket and green slacks, while holding a knife in his right hand. In the lower right corner of the card is an illustration of a police officer in a dark blue uniform and tilted cap, depicted from the shoulders up in three-quarter left profile. The officer has long eyelashes, is winking, and holding up a truncheon. In the upper right and lower left corners are the film and production credits, printed in red ink. The copyright and printing information is faintly printed in blue ink across the bottom margin. On the back, there is a pencil inscription in the center, a tape remnant on the bottom edges, and scattered ink transfer from other images. Depicted: Otto Preminger as Karl Baumer, Joan Bennett as Sophia Baumer, Milton Berle as Moe Finkelstein .2 Lobby card printed on rectangular, off-white paper. The card has a white exterior border on all four sides with a large photographic image in the center. The image depicts a scene inside a kitchen, with two men and a woman, all shown from the mid-thigh up. On the left is a young, blonde woman in a light gray maid’s uniform with white lace trim, holding a circular, cloth-covered tray bearing a silver pot. She is looking at the man on the far right, who is wearing a dark blue police officer’s uniform. He has a wide-eyed expression, and has his hand out, touching the arm of the man in the center who is looking back at him. The central man is wearing a long, black butler’s jacket with waistcoat, tie, and striped trousers. In the background, there are kitchen fixtures and several silver-colored pots and pans hanging from a pot rack attached to the ceiling. Inset in the lower, right corner is a yellow square that is framed in white and green and contains the film title and credits in red-and-white lettering. The copyright information is printed in blue ink across the bottom margin. There is ink transfer on the back from another image. Left to right : Liesl Handl as Frieda, Hans Heinrich von Twardowski as Fritz, Milton Berle as Moe Finkelstein .3 Lobby card printed on rectangular, off-white paper. The card has a white exterior border on all four sides with a large photographic image in the center. The image depicts a scene inside a kitchen, with two men and a woman, all shown from the mid-thigh up. On the left is a young, blonde woman in a light gray maid’s uniform with white lace trim, holding a circular, cloth-covered tray bearing a silver pot. She is looking at the man on the far right, who is wearing a dark blue police officer’s uniform. He has a wide-eyed expression, and has his hand out, touching the arm of the man in the center who is looking back at him. The central man is wearing a long, black butler’s jacket with waistcoat, tie, and striped trousers. In the background, there are kitchen fixtures and several silver-colored pots and pans hanging from a pot rack attached to the ceiling. Inset in the lower, right corner is a yellow square that is framed in white and green and contains the film title and credits in red-and-white lettering. The copyright information is printed in blue ink across the bottom margin. There is ink transfer on the back from another image, and the edges of the card are discolored and stained. Left to right : Liesl Handl as Frieda, Hans Heinrich von Twardowski as Fritz, Milton Berle as Moe Finkelstein

.1 back, center, handwritten, pencil : Joan / Bennett