Play Safe! (Pathé, 1927). Fine+ on Linen. One Sheet (27" X 41") Style B.. ...

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Play Safe! (Pathé, 1927). Fine+ on Linen. One Sheet (27" X 41") Style B.
This fun loving stone litho style B one sheet hails from the comedy romp Play Safe! Mario Bianchi (Monty) Banks left his native Italy in 1914 to forge an entertainment career in America, starting with a stint in stage musicals. Capitalizing on his comedic gifts, Banks starred in a slew of comedy shorts and feature films during the 1920s. Play Safe! was one of his most successful, a film that featured an exhilarating runaway train sequence. The actor relocated to England in 1928 and married musical comedy star Gracie Fields, whom he directed in a handful of pictures. This stone litho one sheet features Banks and co-star Virginia Lee Corbin, an heiress he tries to rescue from a dastardly estate trustee. The style A one sheet to this short is also presented in this August Signature Auction. From the Dwight Manley Collection.


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