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"The Magnificent Seven"--ususual poker lobby card

This won't mean much to you, but I just got this VERY UNUSUAL lobby card. I collect lobby cards that show gambling scenes from the movie. Virtually every lobby card has a scene from a movie. What's unusual about this lobby card (the only one I have like it) is that the picture is NOT from the movie -- rather it is a candid picture taken of the actors playing poker and fooling around on the set. (Lobby cards, usually produced in set of eight, were placed in windows at the movie theatre to advertise the movie. Some of mine are here:
http://www.antiquegamblingchips.com/lobbycard.htm
http://www.antiquegamblingchips.com/lobbycard2.htm )

The seller describes it as "Important Added Info: I don't know if it was intentional or not, but I would bet anything that this scene is a candid shot of five of the top stars sitting at a table taking a break between scenes! I have no idea if this was done intentionally, or by accident, but you almost never see lobby cards that have scenes that are not either directly from the movie, or posed shots of the stars!"

The actors are (left to right): Brad Dexter, Steve McQueen, James Coburn, Horst Buchholz, and Yul Brynner.

Robert
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"The Magnificent Seven"--ususual poker lobby card
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