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Big Business, 1929
Two comedians tangle with an angry neighbour.
What
A 1929 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer one-sheet for Big Business, a Hal Roach silent comedy short.
Why
The Library of Congress chose it for the National Film Registry in 1992; Laurel and Hardy play Christmas tree salesmen locked in a feud with a customer.
Notice
A small fir tree stands at the edge of the scuffle, and the names "STAN LAUREL AND OLIVER HARDY" arc in brown across the top.
“Christmas trees, door to door”
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 18x24" cleanly.
Size
$29.00
Provenance
- Film
- Big Business (1929), dir. James W. Horne
- Country / studio
- United States · Hal Roach Studios
- Format
- One-sheet (27 × 41 in.)
- Poster published
- U.S. one-sheet, colour lithograph, 1929
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons
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.
From Silent Hollywood
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The Double Bill
Two one-sheets, hung as a pair — a double feature for your wall, at a pairing price of $270.00 for the two. Build one from any two one-sheets in the gallery.
Pair it in the gallery →A house of the Provenance family