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Dark Stairways, Lantern Slide
A scuffle at the foot of spiral stairs.
What
A 1924 lantern slide for Dark Stairways, an American silent mystery from Universal directed by Robert F. Hill.
Why
Herbert Rawlinson, Ruth Dwyer and Hayden Stevenson starred, and the slide itself was made by the Photo Repro Co.
Notice
A yellow spiral staircase is painted onto the black ground behind the four figures, under the line "SCENE FROM THE UNIVERSAL PICTURE".
“A coming attraction on glass”
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
- Dark Stairways (1924), dir. Robert F. Hill
- Country / studio
- United States · Universal Pictures
- Printer / stone
- Photo Repro Co., Inc.
- Format
- Other
- Poster published
- U.S. lantern slide, coloured glass, 1924
- 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.
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