The Hill Collection (Universal Film Manufacturing, 1910s). Very Good. One Sheet (83) (27" X 41").. ... (Total: 81 Items)

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The Hill Collection (Universal Film Manufacturing, 1910s). Very Good. One Sheet (83) (27" X 41").
Carl Laemmle moved his studio, the Universal Film Manufacturing Company, to California in 1912, and founded Universal City, and by 1914 it was the one of the leading movie studios in the U.S. The collection of original one sheets of film shorts assembled here is primarily from a two-year period (1913-14) during which Lois Weber was the most esteemed, highest-paid director at any studio, and by 1914, during which she directed 27 films including, with Phillips Smalley, The Merchant of Venice, becoming the first woman to direct a feature film in the U.S. Weber wrote the photoplay and directed two films represented here, also acting as the lead in the first - Memories (1913) and An Episode (1914) - both which feature Phillips Smalley, her husband, and collaborator. The transition to the feature-length film as the industry standard occurred between 1910 and 1915 when films went from an average of eighteen minutes to seventy-five minutes, or five reels or more. This was because feature films could command much higher admission prices than a selection of shorts. Most of the short films represented on the posters in this collection are now lost. Matinee idols of the 1910s included are Edwin August, Francis X. Bushman, Wallace Reid, Florence Lawrence, Ford Sterling, and Pearl White, among the first exemplars of the burgeoning film industry. Discovered in a movie theater in Kentucky, this collection is that rare find where a previously unknown trove survived intact and unmolested for a century, all from a single provenance, something that almost never happens with any sort of antique or collectible. This truly astounding collection includes the following one sheets:
Allah 3311 (Éclair Universal, 1914), Animated Weekly-Empress of Ireland Disaster (Universal, 1913) Animated Weekly-Royalty at Windsor (Universal, 1913), An Arrowhead Romance (Rex Universal, 1914) An Episode (Phillips Smalley) (Rex Universal,1914), An Up to Date Cook (Crystal Universal, 1914), The Appeal (Universal Film, 1913), As Fate Willed (Victor Universal, 1914), Battle Royal (Universal Ike Jr., 1914), A Bottle of Musk (Essanay, 1913), The Cabballero's Way (Éclair Universal, 1914), Charlie's Rival (Crystal Universal, 1914), The Consequences (Victor Universal, 1914), Counterfeiters (Florence Lawrence) (Victor Universal, 1914), The Crystal Ball (Warner's Features, 1914), The Dangers of a Great City (Universal, 1914), Dangers of the Veldt - A (101 Bison Universal, 1914), ), Dangers of the Veldt - B (101 Bison Universal, 1914), Disenchantment (Victor Universal, 1914), The Divorce Question - He's Crazy About You (Non-Movie Theater, 1914), The Divorce Question - Your Sister - Has - Gone Home (Non-Movie Theater, 1914), Easy Money (Pearl White) (Crystal Universal, 1914), Father's Bride (Joker Universal, 1914), Feeding the Kitty (Nestor Universal, 1914), The Fire Coward (Kalem, 1913), From the Lion's Jaws (101 Bison Universal, 1914), The Girl and the Bandit (Frontier- Universal,, 1913), The Girl and the Outlaw (Non-Movie Theater, 1911), Going Some (Pearl White) (Crystal Universal, 1914), His Lucky Day (Crystal Universal, 1914), His Royal Pants (Nestor Universal, 1914), The Honeymooners (Florence Lawrence) (Victor Universal, 1914), The Hopes of Blind Alley (Victor Universal, 1914), Hypnotic Power (Ford Sterling) Sterling Universal, 1914), In the Shadows (Warner's Features, 1913), The Isle of Abandoned Hope (101 Bison Universal, 1914), Jealousy and Giant Powder (Imp- Universal, 1914), The Lady of the Island (Imp- Universal,1914), The Link in the Chain (Éclair Universal, 1914), A Matter of Business (Lubin, 1912), Memories (Lois Weber, Phillips Smalley) (Universal, 1913), Mike and Jake as Heroes (Joker-Universal, 1913), Mike Searches for His Long Lost Brother (Joker-Universal, 1914), The Millionaire and the Goose (Kalem, 1913), A Million Pearls (Victor-Universal,1914), Miss Nobody from Nowhere (Imp-Universal, 1914), Monte Cristo (Dumas Masterpiece, 1912), The Mountaineer (Wallace Reid) (Nestor-Universal, 1914), The Neglected Wife (Ike-Universal, 1914), A Neighborly Quarrel (Frontier-Universal, 1914), The Oubliette (101 Bison-Universal, 1914), Our Enemy's Spy (101 Bison-Universal, 1914), The Power of Prayer (Victor-Universal,1914), The Price Paid (Éclair Universal, 1914), The Renunciation ((Éclair Universal, 1914), Richelieu (Universal, 1914), The Romance of an Actor (Edwin August) (Power Universal, 1914), The Severed Hand (Power Universal, 1914), The Sheep Herder (Victor-Universal,1914), Signal Lights (Essanay, 1912), The Small Pox Scare at Gulch Hollow (Universal, 1914), Snookie's Disguise (Ford Sterling) Sterling Universal, 1914), Son (Éclair Universal, 1914), The Stigma (Francis X. Bushman) (Essanay, 1913), This is the Life (Power-Universal, 1915), The Twin's Double - Startling (Universal, 1914), The Twin's Double - Thrilling (Universal, 1914), Universal Ike Gets a Line on His Wife (Universal, 1914), Universal Ike and His Mother in Law (Universal, 1914), Universal Ike Jr. Makes a Monkey of Himself (Universal, 1914), Vasco the Vampire (Universal Imp, 1914), The Way to Happiness (Warner's Features, 1913), When Billy Proposed (Nestor Universal, 1914), When Fate Disposes (Rex Universal, 1914), When Hubby Entertains (Nestor Universal, 1913), When Men Would Kill (Warner's features, 1914), When Spirits Walk (Universal, 1913), When the World Was Silent (Imp- Universal, 1914), When Universal Ike Set (Universal, 1914), Willie and the Muse (Éclair Universal, 1914), Willie and the Parisians (Éclair Universal, 1913), A Woman's Honor (Victor Universal,1913), Won in the Clouds (Universal, 1914).
In remarkably well preserved and in most cases, original, unrestored condition, these posters exhibit a surprisingly narrow range of condition issues such as paper loss, fold wear and fold separation (some complete separation), light soiling, chips, pinholes, and tears. Colors remain undimmed in most respects, with a conservative grade range of Very Good to Very Fine. Some have been partially restored and are in museum condition.


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