AMERICAN SILENT MOVIE POSTER
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AMERICAN SILENT MOVIE POSTER, lithograph, First National Picture's "A Son of the Sahara" from the novel by Louise Gerard, Ber Lytell as Raoul Le Breton and Claire Windsor as Barbara Barbier, directed by Edwin Carewe. "Ritchey / LITH. CORPS., N.Y." in lower center, pencil inscription across lower margin. Housed under glass in modern frame. Circa 1924. 26 3/4" x 41" sight, 28 1/4" x 42 1/2" OA.
Overall toning, several repaired tears, expected folds and creases, and holes in corners from pins. Laid on board (UPDATED 8/24/17).
Literature: For history on Merry Mills and the theater, see Lucey - Archie and Amelie: Love and Madness in the Gilded Age, pp. 270-271.
Provenance: From a private Virginia collector. _x000D_
Originally displayed at Merry Mills movie theater, Albemarle County, Virginia.
Catalogue Note: Merry Mills (or Merrie Mill as it is called today for its original name) in Keswick, Virginia, was founded in 1857 and once owned by John Armstrong Chanler, an heir of the Astor fortune. Chanler converted a cow barn into a theater to house 300 people, showing regular films complete with a player piano and snacks.
Overall toning, several repaired tears, expected folds and creases, and holes in corners from pins. Laid on board (UPDATED 8/24/17).
Literature: For history on Merry Mills and the theater, see Lucey - Archie and Amelie: Love and Madness in the Gilded Age, pp. 270-271.
Provenance: From a private Virginia collector. _x000D_
Originally displayed at Merry Mills movie theater, Albemarle County, Virginia.
Catalogue Note: Merry Mills (or Merrie Mill as it is called today for its original name) in Keswick, Virginia, was founded in 1857 and once owned by John Armstrong Chanler, an heir of the Astor fortune. Chanler converted a cow barn into a theater to house 300 people, showing regular films complete with a player piano and snacks.
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Overall toning, several repaired tears, expected folds and creases, and holes in corners from pins. Laid on board (UPDATED 8/24/17).
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AMERICAN SILENT MOVIE POSTER
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