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Idolators, Trade Advertisement
A woman in a lace gown, framed oval.
What
A 1917 trade advertisement from Triangle Distributing Corporation for Idolators, released Sept. 2.
Why
Walter Edwards directed it, with Louise Glaum, George Webb and Dorcas Matthews.
Notice
The page spells the title "IDOLATERS" and tells exhibitors that with the stills on display "you've sold the show."
“Selling the show by its stills”
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
- Idolators (1917), dir. Walter Edwards
- Country / studio
- United States · Triangle
- Format
- Other
- Poster published
- U.S. trade-paper advertisement, 1917
- 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. Star-portrait piece: sold as the artifact, the film named, the star incidental.
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