American Silent Movie Poster - Aug 26, 2017 | Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates In Va
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AMERICAN SILENT MOVIE POSTER

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AMERICAN SILENT MOVIE POSTER
AMERICAN SILENT MOVIE POSTER
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Description
AMERICAN SILENT MOVIE POSTER, lithograph, B.P. Schulberg Productions' "Chastity" with Katherine McDonald as Norma O'Neill, J. Gunnis Davis as Nat Mason, directed by Victor Schertzinger. "Butts / LITHO / CO. INC. / N.Y." in lower right corner, pencil inscription across upper margin. Housed under glass in a modern frame. Circa 1923. 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.
Condition
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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