Rare 11×14 Grim Game Still

Grim Game lobby cards came in 11×14 and 8×10 sizes.

Lobby cards were traditionaly made in sets of 8, plus a title card. The images were selected to give a sense of the story line of the movie and to supply the credits. The rotogravure process used in printing Lobby Cards made them more durable than the fragile photographic stock on which the movie stills were printed.

But what about these phographic stock Grim Game production (298-xx) and newspaper reproduction only (L302-xx) stills?

Grim Game stills (photos) are typically 8×10, but recently I acquired an original 11×14 still:

14×11 still (HHCE Collection)

The 14×11 still was created from a photo image with a 5:4 ratio, so you lose an inch on the width and height.

Thus you only see L302-8 vs L302-84.

You can also see this rare still in the Henning book on pages 78 and 79.

Bonus:

10×8 Still 298-84 (MHL Collection)

Postcard of still 302-84

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