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Universal's Mississippi Gambler, 1929, Starring Otis Harlan, Carmelita Geraghty, Joseph Schildkraut (Show Boat), and Joan Bennett (Dark Shadows). Card gambler purposely loses big game to preserve the honor of an old man's daughter.
You can read about the movie (I never saw it) here:
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0020174/
Got a mixed review (2 of 4 stars) from TV Guide review:
Overly predictable yarn about gambling on a steamboat on the Mississippi has Schildkraut as the card shark who underneath it all is not such a bad guy. He played this part just after the success he had with SHOW BOAT, which shares the same subject matter with MISSISSIPPI GAMBLER. Bennett is the object of Schildkraut's affections. She is the daughter of Francis, the man Schildkraut just demolished at the table. But Schildkraut throws a game to Bennett to allow her to get her father's money back, the stakes of the game being Bennett's honor against her father's money. Bennett and Schildkraut look nice, but that is about it, as they plod their way through this one.
Other lobby cards I own:
http://www.antiquegamblingchips.com/lobbycard.htm
http://www.antiquegamblingchips.com/lobbycard2.htm
Robert
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