Poster
Poster for "Darkest Russia"
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| Color lithograph poster depicting a scene from the play "Darkest Russia" showing two bound captives at the feet of Imperial soldiers reacting to the arrival of the courier. Caption at top left reads “By H. Graftan Donnelly, Sidney R. Ellis Manager.” At the bottom is “The Imperial Courier of the Czar’s Timely Arrival at the Exile Station on the Great Siberian Road.” |
| Image ID: | 89874 |
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| Creation Date: | 1895 |
| Creator Name: | Strobridge Lithographic Company |
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| Collection Name: | WCFTR Posters |
| Genre: | Poster |
| Original Format Type: | prints, photomechanical |
| Original Format Number: | 2.x.0001A |
| Original Dimensions: | 33 cm by 45.4 cm |
| Henry Grattan Donnelly (1850-1931), a prolific writer of science fiction, was a newspaperman who traveled widely. His play sought to feed the growing interest and support of the anti-czarist forces in Russia, and indeed there are reports of protesters in Philadelphia claiming that the play was direct translation of the French "Le Czar Blanc" and arguing that it constituted a slander on the Russian government. Ellis is sometimes credited as co-author. The play was filmed in 1917 as a silent thriller written by Frances Marion. |
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