Posted 3 years ago
vintagelamp
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Original Movie Theater Poster "Abie's Irish Rose" 1928
Size: 41x26.5
I have always wanted an original poster from my cousin's (Anne Nichols) play/movie. I was able to find this beautiful original poster recently. My best friend "Rummy" the Cairn Terrier, loves it as well (see last photo). Sorry for the glare.
From the internet:
Although it initially received poor reviews—with the notable exception of The New York Times, which raved and said it would run for years—the Broadway play was a commercial hit, running for 2,327 performances between May 23, 1922, and October 1, 1927. At the time, this was the longest run in Broadway theater history, surpassing the record 1,291 performances set by the Winchell Smith and Frank Bacon 1918 play, Lightnin'. The show's touring company had a similarly long run and held the record for longest-running touring company for nearly 40 years, until that record was broken by Hello, Dolly! in the 1960s. The touring company's male lead was future Hollywood star George Brent, in his first major role; the female lead was Peggy Parry.
Abie's Irish Rose was revived on Broadway in 1937 and again, in an updated version, in 1954.
The play inspired two films. The first, released in 1928, stars Charles "Buddy" Rogers and Nancy Carroll, directed by Victor Fleming. A 1946 version stars Richard Norris and Joanne Dru, directed by A. Edward Sutherland and produced by Bing Crosby. The 1946 film was severely criticized for being at best, outdated and at worst defamatory.
The premise was widely imitated, and Anne Nichols, the playwright, sued one imitator, Universal Pictures, which produced The Cohens and Kellys, a motion picture play about an Irish boy who marries a Jewish girl from feuding families. However, in Nichols v. Universal Pictures Corporation, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit found for the defendant, holding that copyright protection cannot be extended to the characteristics of stock characters in a story, whether it be a book, play or film.
Wonderful in every possible way! Beautifully done!
Beautiful vintage poster, and how great to be related to the playwright of this classic story. Rummy's such a cutie
jscott,
Thank you for the kind words!
Newfld,
You made Rummy blush! Thank you for the comment!