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Olsen and Johnson Posing with Streetcar

Date: 04 15 1932
Description: Comedians Ole Olsen and "Chic" Johnson, called "the mirth provokers of a nation," posing in front of a streetcar that displays an advertisement for their "...
Photograph

Buster Keaton and Seneca Grape Juice Executive

Date: 1965
Description: Buster Keaton (right) appraises a costume for a Seneca Grape Juice TV commercial with J. Wolcott, the company's Vice President.
Poster

"Easy Rider" Movie Poster

Date: 02 1971
Description: Poster advertising for a screening of "Easy Rider" at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Wisconsin Union Theater, Tuesday, February 9, 1971, depicting Pet...
Poster

Under the Gaslight Poster

Date: 1867
Description: Lithograph poster for Augustin Daly's 1867 play Under the Gaslight, depicting Snorkey the one-armed Civil War veteran tied to the railroad tracks, w...
Print

John Emerson — Anita Loos: Productions for Paramount

Date: 1918
Description: Full page display ad for the husband and wife filmmaking team of John Emerson and Anita Loos in the 1918 edition of Wid's Yearbook, a motion picture trade ...
Photograph

Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman in "Casablanca"

Date: 1942
Description: Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman in a poster still for the Warner production "Casablanca" (Warner 1942).
Photograph

Vernon W. Thomson with Dennis Morgan

Date: 10 06 1956
Description: Atty. Gen. Vernon W. Thomson, GOP gubernatorial candidate, posing with his long-time friend, movie and television actor Dennis Morgan. Morgan was one of th...
Book or Pamphlet

"Riot in Cell Block 11" Italian Program

Date: 
Description: A color program for the film "Riot in Cell Block 11" in Italian (Rivolta al Blocco 11). The cover shows two men attacking another man. An oversized image o...
Photograph

Banner design for "The Great Dictator."

Date: 10 15 1940
Description: Photograph of a banner promoting Charlie Chaplin's "The Great Dictator."
Photograph

Banner design for "The Great Dictator."

Date: 1940
Description: In this banner design for Charlie Chaplin's "The Great Dictator," Chaplin as Hynkel the dictator gives a salute and casts a large shadow.
Photograph

"The Great Dictator" poster design.

Date: 1940
Description: In this nearly square poster design for Charlie Chaplin's "The Great Dictator," Chaplin as the dictator Hynkel in uniform and black boots gives a salute. A...
Photograph

"The Great Dictator" poster design.

Date: 1940
Description: In this long rectangular poster design for Charlie Chaplin's "The Great Dictator," Chaplin's character Hynkel stands in uniform giving a salute in the midd...
Photograph

"The Great Dictator" poster design element.

Date: 1940
Description: In this poster design element for Charlie Chaplin's "The Great Dictator," Chaplin's character Hynkel stands in uniform with his arms crossed on the right a...
Drawing

Cartoon for "The Great Dictator."

Date: 1940
Description: In this Al Hirschfeld cartoon promoting Charlie Chaplin's film "The Great Dictator," the dictators Hynkel and Napaloni ride in the back of an open car giv...
Photograph

Cartoon for "The Great Dictator."

Date: 1940
Description: In this Al Hirschfeld cartoon promoting Charlie Chaplin's film "The Great Dictator," Hynkel, played by Chaplin, dances with Madame Napaloni, played by Grac...
Photograph

Drawing of poster design element for "The Great Dictator."

Date: 1940
Description: In this drawing, intended as a poster element, Chaplin as the dictator Hynkel contemplates a globe on the left while on the right is a small silhouette of ...
Photograph

Cartoon for "The Great Dictator."

Date: 1940
Description: Al Hirschfeld's drawing shows Charlie Chaplin's Jewish barber character in German army uniform sitting on a cannon as though it were a horse, although faci...
Photograph

Poster design for "The Great Dictator."

Date: 1940
Description: This poster design element features Charlie Chaplin's tramp character's head with an arm doing the Nazi salute superimposed upon it.
Photograph

Poster design for "The Great Dictator."

Date: 1940
Description: This photographic element of a poster design shows Charlie Chaplin's Hynkel character from the waist up in a military uniform. He is making a Nazi salute, ...
Photograph

Poster design for "The Great Dictator."

Date: 1940
Description: This photographic element of a poster design shows Charlie Chaplin's Hynkel character full length in a military uniform including jodhpurs. He is making a ...

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