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Original Antique Movie Poster The Greatest Thing In Life Lillian Gish WWI Drama

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CA$1,776.03
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CHF 1,038.94
MX$24,271
NOK 13,194.54
SEK 12,440.78
DKK 8,329.51
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Original antique movie poster for the Swedish release of a now lost romantic drama, the 1918 American silent film about World War One - The Greatest Thing in Life / Det Storsta I Livet - directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Lillian Gish in the lead role as Jeannette Peret with Robert Harron and David Butler. Fantastic design depicting a stylised image of a lady's face with dramatic black lined eyes and lips and her swirling hair in yellow and black, the title and credit text with star designs below. The popular and notable American actress Lillian Diana Gish (1893-1993), whose acting career spanned 75 years from silent films to television and stage work (1912-1988), is ranked one of the greatest female Hollywood movie stars and was named by Vanity Fair as First Lady of the Screen in 1927; she often worked with the influential American film director David Wark Griffith (1875-1948), who co-founded the United Artists film studio in 1919. Distributed by Filmindustriaktiebolaget Skandia in Stockholm. Printed by Zetterlund & Thelanders Boktryckeri. Good condition, folds, creasing, tears, staining, pinholes.
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 35.04 in (89 cm)Width: 23.63 in (60 cm)Depth: 0.04 in (1 mm)
  • Materials and Techniques:
  • Place of Origin:
  • Period:
    1910-1919
  • Date of Manufacture:
    1919
  • Condition:
    Good condition, folds, creasing, tears, staining, pinholes.
  • Seller Location:
    London, GB
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU1012645423522

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