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Auction History Result 8p280 FANGS 1sh '27 stone litho of Lightnin' the Police Dog saving Eileen Sedgwick from bad guys! Date Sold 7/7/2015 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Folded One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 27" x 41" [69 x 104 cm]) (Learn More) Fangs, the 1927 James Vincent silent German Shepherd canine dog crime action thriller short starring Eileen Sedgwick (one of the only true cowgirl stars of the silent era, she had starred in serials for years, and when westerns became popular in the mid-1920s, she starred in several of those) and Lightnin' ("The Police Dog"). Note that Lightnin' The Police Dog apparently appeared in 12 shorts between 1924 and 1927, but we have only seen one-sheets on some of them (not surprising, because very few theaters would have ordered one-sheets for shorts by the mid 1920s!). Apparently in 1927, some enterprising distributor re-edited the 12 short films into a single serial, called "The Spider's Net", and released that to theaters (one possibility for why this occurred might be that Gary Cooper had had a role in one of the shorts, which let them advertise it as a "Gary Cooper" serial!). But we have never seen any advertising on "The Spider's Net". Finally, note that there was a later canine movie star named "Lightning" (not "Lightnin'"), who appeared in 8 movies between 1934 and 1937 (and the two dogs get confused in some databases). You can see a short featuring Lightnin' at this Youtube link. If anyone knows more about any of these movies or Lightnin' The Police Dog, please e-mail us and we will post it here. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Condition: very good. The top quarter of the vertical fold was separated, as was two-thirds of the top horizontal fold, and someone put clear tape on the back of those areas. Otherwise, the poster is in nice condition! Learn More about condition grades 
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