The amazing Dr. Clitterhouse by Barre Lyndon – Historic Poster 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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This vintage poster of The amazing Dr. Clitterhouse by Barre Lyndon brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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The amazing Dr. Clitterhouse by Barre Lyndon
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The poster advertises a Los Angeles staging of Barré Lyndon's crime play *The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse*, about a criminologist who joins a gang to study its members. The play had already been a Broadway hit before Hollywood adapted it in 1938 with Edward G. Robinson. This poster comes from the Federal theater Project, part of the Works Progress Administration, which employed out-of-work actors, designers and stagehands during the Depression. Its silkscreen printing in bold flat color shows how the project borrowed commercial-style graphics to draw working audiences to live theater.
| Created / published | 1938 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Lyndon Barré 1896-1972. Federal Theatre Project (U.S.) sponsor. |
| Subjects | Theatrical productions--California--Los Angeles--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 2,764 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 790_The_amazing_Dr_Clitterh_1938 |
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