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Auction History Result ROMAN SCANDAL 1sheet  Appears in Cartoon Movie PostersBOOK SOLD OUT The image at right appears in the book we published as shown above. While we once owned this item, we did not auction it through eMoviePoster.com (which is why no price or date is listed) nor do we have it available for purchase. A Roman Scandal, the 1926 Bud Fisher & Charles R. Bowers Ancient Rome Italy silent animated cartoon chariot race sports comedy short ("New Series"; obviously a comic parody of Ben-Hur, which had been released the year before, and also contained a chariot race as its centerpiece; based on the popular comic strip by Bud Fisher, with writing, direction, and animation by Bud Fisher himself, with the help of Charles Bowers on the direction and the help of Edgar Horace on the animation) featuring Mutt and Jeff. Note that Mutt and Jeff (a pair of loser best friends, one tall and one short) was one of the most popular newspaper cartoon strips ever, beginning in 1908, and they were brought to the movies in 1911, and over the next 15 years, Bud Fisher created an astonishing 347 cartoons starring the duo. This cartoon was the second to last one ever made. Note that Bud Fisher was one of the rare successful creators who was also an excellent business man, and he gained control of the newspaper strip, and when the first cartoons were adapted in 1911, he retained sole ownership of those as well, and his various enterprises made him an extremely wealthy man! If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. 
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