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Auction History Result 3a042 EASY STREET Danish '17 wonderful head & shoulders stone litho of Charlie Chaplin as a cop! Date Sold 5/6/2010 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Folded Danish Movie Poster (measures 25 1/2" x 35 1/2" [65 x 90 cm]) (Learn More) Easy Street, the 1917 Charlie Chaplin silent romantic slapstick comedy short (the Tramp goes into a church and steals the collection box, but when he sees a beautiful girl, he puts it back, and becomes a policeman, and is assigned to a really tough street known euphemistically as "Easy Street", and he cleans it up and wins the girl) starring Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Eric Campbell (as The Bully), Albert Austin, and Lloyd Bacon. Note that the phrase "on Easy Street" (referring to "having it made") is an expression everyone "knows", but its origins are somewhat murky. Some sources say it came about in the early 1700s (with no citation), but while all sources agree it became popular around 1900 to 1905, most disagree as to where it originated from at time! Charlie Chaplin grew up near a street named "East Street", and it was in a rough neighborhood, and that may have served as the inspirations for this film's "Easy Street" (and of course Chaplin used the term ironically, for the street was anything but "easy" to live on). In today's world, with so many billionaires, there are lots and lots of people who have truly arrived on "Easy Street"! 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 we can't be 100% certain that this poster is from Easy Street. But the title translates to "In Search of Happiness", and Chaplin has what appears to be a policeman cap on, and it is a Mutual release, and Easy Street seems to fit all of this. If anyone knows more about this poster, please e-mail us and we will post it here. Also note that this poster was folded at one time but has been laying flat for a long time and will be sent rolled in a tube. Condition: very good to fine. The poster was folded twice vertically and three times horizontally. There is tiny paper loss at some crossfolds and some tiny dots of paper loss on small parts of a few foldlines. Otherwise, the poster is in pretty nice condition, especially considering it is 93 years old! Learn More about condition grades 
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