Walt Disney's The reluctant dragon" with Robert Benchley" – Historic Reproduction
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with Walt Disney's The reluctant dragon" with Robert Benchley", a vintage poster rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Walt Disney's The reluctant dragon" with Robert Benchley"
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Here Walt Disney's name shares billing with humorist Robert Benchley, whose wry, sidelong manner anchors the poster's appeal. Benchley was a well-known magazine writer, drama critic, and performer of comic monologues, and the film built on that persona: a live-action frame follows him as a visitor touring the Disney studio, and an animated segment brings a gentle, reluctant dragon to life. The record dates the print to about 1937, several years before the film reached theaters in 1941, so the artwork reflects the studio's promotion of the project during its long development.
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print (poster) : offset, color ; 104.2 x 68.7 cm. |
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| Notes | Cleveland : Morgan Litho., Corp., c1937. |
| Subjects | Benchley, Robert,--1889-1945--Performances. Dragons--1940-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,925 × 6,095 px · prints to 16 × 20 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-225514 |
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