The devil passes Direct from sensational Los Angeles run. – Vintage Poster Wall Art
(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 The devil passes Direct from sensational Los Angeles run., a vintage poster rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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The devil passes Direct from sensational Los Angeles run.
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This 1936 silkscreen poster advertised *The Devil Passes* in Santa Barbara, California, promoting it as a production brought "direct from sensational Los Angeles run." Its record credits Benn Wolfe Levy, and the Federal theater Project sponsored it as part of the Works Progress Administration's federal arts program. Like many posters from the period, it shows how the Depression-era theater project used bold color and simple lettering to pull audiences into local productions. It is a useful record of how regional stage work was publicized during those years.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Levy Benn W. (Benn Wolfe) 1900-1973. Federal Theatre Project (U.S.) sponsor. |
| Subjects | Theatrical productions--California--Santa Barbara--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 2,747 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 803_The_devil_passes_Direct_1936 |
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