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Lobby card or photographic still or both?

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Original German release (January 1927) photo lobby card, Bilotta Collection, Florida. 1. Introduction On 12 January 2025 an online argument broke out on a Facebook fan site over whether a Metropolis (1927) "original German release photo lobby card" was in fact as described. The combatants were Erich Kaiser and Oz Man. Kaiser called Oz Man a "fool" during the online discussion over the photo which was purchased from an American auction house and found a home in the Bilotta Collection museum, Florida. As the following 2022 photograph from the museum's Facebook page shows, the owners and curators of the museum are obviously fans of Metropolis . Bilotta Collection , 22 December 2022. The photograph above is of a life-size copy of the Metropolis Maschinenmensch (Machine Person), and in the background is what appears to be the S2 lithographic reprint of the original German 3-sheet poster, produced between 1997-2006. Undoubtedly there will be additions to that pa...