Charles Frohman's $40,000 production, Hearts Are Trumps, written by Cecil Raleigh – Vintage Print
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Few images capture their era like this vintage poster of Charles Frohman's $40,000 production, Hearts Are Trumps, written by Cecil Raleigh. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
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Charles Frohman's $40,000 production, Hearts Are Trumps, written by Cecil Raleigh
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The title sets this piece apart by advertising a $40,000 production, a large sum for the stage of its day. The show's name, "Hearts Are Trumps," puns on the card game bridge, where trumps are the suits that win tricks, and the romantic sense of the phrase fits the Valentine's Day theme. Charles Frohman was one of the most prominent American theatrical producers of the early twentieth century, known for mounting many Broadway productions at once. The pairing of a costly stage venture with a lighthearted card-game title shows how theater promoters used wordplay and heart imagery to sell romance to audiences.
| Created / published | 1900 |
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| Medium | print/poster, lithograph, color, 211 x 102 cm |
| Notes | A modern spectacle presented as produced by Arthur Collins at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London. New York: Strobridge Litho. Co |
| Original scan | 1,500 × 3,161 px · prints to 5 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | VAL-14 |
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