Nightmare alley – Antique Print
(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.)
Description
A window into the past: Nightmare alley, preserved in this vintage poster. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Nightmare alley
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This color poster for *Nightmare Alley* pairs Tyrone Power and Helen Walker, the two stars of the 1947 noir drama, which was directed by Edmund Goulding. Power plays a carnival worker who rises through the world of sideshows and mentalist acts, and the film is one of the darker studio releases of its era. It was adapted from William Lindsay Gresham's 1946 novel, and its carnival setting and its portrait of ambition and moral decline have made it a lasting reference point in film history. The poster is undated and carries no publisher's imprint, so it is typical of the promotional material produced for a film's release.
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : color ; 28 x 35.5 cm. |
|---|---|
| Notes | [S.l. : s.n.], c1947. |
| Subjects | Power, Tyrone,--1914-1958--Performances. Walker, Helen,--1921-1968--Performances. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 5,110 × 4,077 px · prints to 17 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-226349 |
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