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Auction History Result 3a280 HALL ROOM BOYS linen 1sh '20s newspaper comic comedy series, produced by Jack & Harry Cohn! Date Sold 12/11/2016 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 27 3/4" x 41" [70 x 104 cm]) (Learn More) The Hall Room Boys, the 1920s series of silent comedy shorts ("Here soon"; "A riot of laughter"; "The Hall Room Boys featuring Flanigan and Edwards in all of the funny situations of H.A. MacGill's famous newspaper creations"; "Don't miss these sparking comedies"; based on the comic strip created by H.A. MacGill in 1904) starring Neely Edwards (as Ferdie), and Edward Flanagan (as Percy; billed as "Flanigan"). Note that this poster was for a series of two-reel silent comedies based on H. A. MacGill's 1904 newspaper comic The Hall Room Boys, which followed the humorous adventures of Percy and Ferdie. Within a year of it's debut in the papers in 1904, the characters of Percy and Ferdie began turning up in vaudeville sketches and, a few years later, a first film version based on the strip was produced. In 1919, Bill Parsons obtained the film rights to the comic and made the first 10 or so Hall Room Boys comedies. When Parsons died, Jack and Harry Cohn took over the series, which would last until 1923, and there were many movies in the series, but with different actors playing the lead roles in almost all of the movies. Yes, that is the Jack & Harry Cohn who would found Columbia Pictures, and while these movies are not officially considered Columbia movies, they likely deserve to be! You can find much more about these movies at this page: http://columbiashortsdept.weebly.com/the-hall-room-boys.html 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 poster is extremely rare. We have never auctioned it before! Also note that this one-sheet measures 27 3/4" x 41" [70 x 104 cm]. What IS linenbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: very good. The poster had tiny paper loss at the crossfolds and some separation and tiny bits of paper loss on parts of some folds, with some minor border wear. Overall, the poster was in very good condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was nicely backed, and displays well! Learn More about condition grades 
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