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Auction History Result 1s103 BROMO & JULIET linen 1sheet '26 great stone litho art of Charley Chase & William Shakespeare! Date Sold 8/19/2008 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 27" x 41") (Learn More) Bromo and Juliet, the 1926 Leo McCarey stage comedy short ("The moon wasn't half as full as Charley was."; produced by Hal Roach; the title is a parody of Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" of course, and this slapstick short has Charley Chase as a young man putting on a play version of Romeo & Juliet, with his fiancee in the lead, and there are several subplots, one involving Charley's dad who has had too much to drink, and another with a cab driver, played by Oliver Hardy, who just can't seem to get paid) starring Charley Chase (primarily remembered as a great silent comedian who appeared in 276 movies, most of them comedy shorts, Chase also directed 140 comedy shorts), Corliss Palmer, William H. Orlamond, Oliver Hardy, and L.J. O'Connor NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Important Added Info: Note that this one-sheet has a great stone litho image of Charley Chase and his fiancee hugging with a statue of William Shakespeare behind them, and Shakespeare is holding a baseball bat, no doubt wanting to slug Charley for "murdering" his play! Condition: very good to fine. The poster had a small area of paper loss at the top crossfold and some tiny dots of paper loss between the middle and bottom crossfolds. There was minor wear on the other foldlines and very minor border wear. Overall, the poster was in very good to fine condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was well backed, and looks great! Learn More about condition grades 
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