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The Big Parade Marquee

Date: 1927
Description: A crowd is gathered around MGM's "trackless train" outside the Astor Theater where "The Big Parade" is showing. Also visible is a gigantic advertisement fo...
Poster

D. W. Griffith "Intolerance" Poster

Date: 02 1971
Description: Poster advertising a screening of D. W. Griffith's Intolerance, held at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Wisconsin Union Theater, February 18, 19...
Poster

"The Astonished Heart" Poster

Date: 1949
Description: Poster design (14 x 36 inches) for "The Astonished Heart" (Gainsborough Pictures, 1949).
Poster

"The Astonished Heart" Window Card

Date: 1949
Description: Window card for "The Astonished Heart" (Gainsborough Pictures, 1949).
Poster

"The Astonished Heart" Poster

Date: 1949
Description: Poster design (22 x 28 inches) for "The Astonished Heart" (Gainsborough Pictures, 1949).
Print

"Shock Corridor" Poster

Date: 1963
Description: Mock-up ad graphic for "Shock Corridor" (Allied Artists, 1963).
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

"The Crime of Doctor Hallet" Theater Exhibit

Date: 1938
Description: Extensive promotional exhibit in front of an unidentified New York theater for the 1938 Universal film "The Crime of Doctor Hallet" starring Ralph Bellamy....
Print

Pressbook for the Movie Film "Black Like Me"

Date: 1964
Description: A page from the pressbook for the movie "Black Like Me" depicting a one-sheet poster that could be ordered to publicize the film. The poster reads: "I chan...
Print

BETTY BOOP Title Card for Animated Cartoon

Date: 1935
Description: A photograph of a title card for a BETTY BOOP cartoon, showing Betty Boop sitting on the palm of a hand, surrounded by silhouettes of cheering men throwing...
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

Long Voyage Home Marquee

Date: 1940
Description: View down sidewalk towards people standing in a line outside a movie theater showing the film The Long Voyage Home. Many people are holding umbrella...
Photograph

Banner design for "The Great Dictator."

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

Poster design for "The Great Dictator."

Date: 1940
Description: Poster promoting Charlie Chaplin's "The Great Dictator." Chaplin costumed as the dictator Hynkel contemplates a globe in the upper right. In the lower left...
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...
Photograph

"The Great Dictator" publicity photograph

Date: 10 15 1940
Description: Crowds gather under the marquee of the Capitol Theatre for the New York premiere of Charlie Chaplin's "The Great Dictator" the evening of October 15, 1940....
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...

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