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The Keys to Happiness, 1913

The bestseller of 1913, on the screen.

What

The Thiemann and Reinhardt poster for "The Keys to Happiness", the 1913 film of Anastasia Verbitskaya's novel.

Why

The film was the great commercial success of the Russian screen before the war.

Notice

The title alone sold it; the novel was already famous.

“The first Russian blockbuster”

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 24x36" cleanly.

Size

$29.00

Provenance

Film
Klyuchi schastya (1913), dir. Vladimir Gardin, Yakov Protazanov
Country / studio
Russian Empire · P. Thiemann and F. Reinhardt
Format
Other
Poster published
Russian Empire film poster, 1913
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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