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Jack Holt was an actor from the 1910s to the 1950s. Although he played in westerns and action movies most of his career, he was born in New York City and grew up there. His early adulthood somewhat resembled Lon Chaney Sr.'s, because he did not enter movies until he was 26 (after having been kicked out of military school and having all sorts of odd jobs). He was on a movie set when he was 26 and he volunteered to ride a horse off a cliff for an action scene, and that got him hired as a stuntman! For the next three years, he had minor roles and worked as a stuntman, but in 1917, he was hired by Paramount (and he was 29). In the late 1920s, he switched to Columbia, and starred in three early Frank Capra movies, and he became one of their bigger stars in the early 1930s. Holt was one of the stocky "square-jawed" leading men who were very popular in the 1930s, and it is said that he was the model for Chester Gould's Dick Tracy, and also Al Capp's Dick Tracy parody character, Fearless Fosdick! Unlike many top stars, he successfully transitioned to character roles, and he continued acting into the 1950s! His son was Tim Holt, who was a star of many B-westerns like his dad, but he had some major roles, including in Treasure of Sierra Madre, where his father took a bit part so he could act with his son! Jack Holt passed away in 1951 at the age of 62.

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Important Added Info: Note that this poster originally measured 22" x 28", with a white border around the tan border. Someone trimmed off the white border and it now measures 20 1/4" x 26 1/4" [51 x 67 cm]. Personality posters were created in the 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, and early 1940s. All of the major studios created sets of these that usually measured exactly 22" x 28". Most often they were taller than they were wide, but occasionally they would be horizontal. It is interesting to note that the image on these posters is often very close to actual life-size! While at least several hundred different special personality posters were made between the 1910s and early 1940s, few are known to have survived, as few theaters ordered them, and fewer still saved them! There were two sets of personality posters created by Paramount Pictures. One was made in the mid 1920s (on regular "half-sheet-like" paper), and the other was made in the early 1930s (on a linen-like paper), and they continued making them for several years in the mid 1930s. Posters from either of these sets are far more rare than those from MGM (perhaps because they made less of them than MGM did). Note that this poster is very old, and it would not make sense to attempt to roll it, as the paper is fragile enough that rolling it would likely damage it. Therefore we intend to send it in a very large flat package. Please bear that extra shipping cost in mind BEFORE placing a bid on this poster! Note that while this poster is fragile, it is not very fragile! It does need to be handled carefully, but it can absolutely be framed and enjoyed without any worry, or certainly, restoration could be performed.

Note that this item needs to be shipped in an oversized flat package. If it is a size that might ordinarily be rolled in a tube (like a half-sheet), the reason it is in this auction is specifically because we feel it either CAN'T be rolled or because we feel it would be a mistake to roll it, because it might well damage the item. In the case of the few items that could be rolled, we will roll the item in a tube if the new owner insists, but only if they accept that they can't return the item if it is damaged from being rolled. So please bear in mind that this item must be sent in a LARGE flat package (the size of the package will depend on the size of the item), and bear this added expense in mind before placing a bid on it.

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