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Love's Stratagem

An IMP comedy from the first year.

What

A 1909 colour lithograph with halftone, 101.8 by 68 cm, for the Independent Moving Pictures short Love's Stratagem.

Why

IMP was Carl Laemmle's company; this sheet comes from its opening year, with Florence Lawrence in the cast and Harry Solter directing.

Notice

Lithograph colour and a halftone photograph share one sheet, the old trade and the new.

“A studio at its first bow”

Format

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

Size

$29.00

Provenance

Film
Love's Stratagem (1909), dir. Harry Solter
Country / studio
United States · Independent Moving Pictures Company
Format
One-sheet (27 × 41 in.)
Poster published
U.S. theatrical one-sheet, 1909
Source
Library of Congress
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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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