Image of a Russian woman, presumably portrayed by actor Blanche Walsh, and a child eating a loaf of bread while sitting in the snow next to a man in a green coat who crouches down next to them; the poster advertises the film "Resurrection" based on the novel by Leo Tolstoy and produced by the Masko Film Company. Probable date based on the year film was released. "Schmidt L.Co. S.F."--text, bottom right margin. "Masko Film Co. 145 West 45th St. N.Y."--text, bottom left of image. "On the road to Siberia"--text, bottom of image, centered. "American Film Company / Blanche Walsh / Resurrection #5076 / Oct. 26 '12 / (On Road to Siberia) / One sheet poster"--text, handwritten note in pencil on verso.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 100.97 x 70.8 cm (39 3/4 x 27 7/8 in.)
Walsh, Blanche, 1873-1915--Portraits Actors--Portraits Actors--Pictorial works Advertising--Motion pictures Children--Pictorial works Poor--Pictorial works Winter--Pictorial works Masko Film Company Lithographs--Color--1900-1925. (gmgpc) Motion picture posters--American. (gmgpc)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection Entertainment Large Size Magic and Miscellaneous The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
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