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The Horse's mouth – Historic Print

The Horse's mouth — vintage poster
The Horse's mouth. Vintage poster from the Horses collection.

(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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The Horse's mouth comes to life in this vintage poster, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Rather than a horse, this color poster advertises the 1958 British comedy *The Horse's Mouth*, whose title plays on the saying that news learned from the horse's mouth comes straight from the source. Alec Guinness, who also wrote the screenplay adapted from Joyce Cary's 1944 novel, plays Gulley Jimson, a stubborn, penniless painter who pursues his work with reckless single-mindedness. The poster is undated in its record but is estimated at around 1958, the year the film was released, and it reflects how studios marketed their films to audiences through eye-catching printed art.

Medium1 print (poster) : color ; 28 x 36 cm.
Notes[S.l. : s.n.], c1958.
SubjectsGuinness, Alec,--1914-2000--Performances.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan5,121 × 4,093 px · prints to 17 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-226434

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