The cat and the canary – 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 cat and the canary, a vintage poster rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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The cat and the canary
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Lettered in bold silkscreen color, this 1936 poster promotes a San Bernardino production of *The Cat and the Canary*, a comedy-thriller by John Willard first staged in 1922. Its story of a family gathered in a remote mansion for a reading of a will made it a favorite of amateur and professional companies for decades. The Federal theater Project, a division of the Works Progress Administration, employed out-of-work actors, directors and designers during the Depression, and its local units relied on silkscreen to produce inexpensive, eye-catching posters like this one.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Federal Theatre Project (U.S.) sponsor. |
| Subjects | Theatrical productions--California--San Bernardino--1930-1950. Comedies--1930-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 2,773 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 395_The_cat_and_the_canary_1936 |
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