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A Child for Sale

A young man holds a boy close.

What

A 1920 American one-sheet for A Child for Sale, a silent drama distributed by the Graphic Film Corporation and printed by the Joseph H. Tooker Litho Co.

Why

Ivan Abramson directed Gladys Leslie and Creighton Hale in it, and the film is lost.

Notice

The billing calls the picture a "DRAMATIC THUNDERBOLT" above a title in heavy yellow capitals.

“A boy with a price”

Format

The full-resolution, color-managed file — restored honestly, yours to print and keep.

Sized to protect print quality — this scan supports sizes up to 11x17" cleanly.

Size

$29.00

Provenance

Film
A Child for Sale (1920), dir. Ivan Abramson
Country / studio
United States · Graphic Film Corporation
Printer / stone
Joseph H. Tooker Litho Co.
Format
One-sheet (27 × 41 in.)
Poster published
U.S. one-sheet, colour lithograph, 1920
Source
Wikimedia Commons
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Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (poster published 1930 or earlier). Gated by the poster’s own publication year, never the film’s. Cleared by registry on 2026-07-18.

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