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Police, Essanay Trade Advertisement
Essanay's ex-convict comedy, sold to theatres.
What
A July 1916 Essanay advertisement in The Moving Picture World for the comedy Police.
Why
Police was the fourteenth film its star made for Essanay, shot at the Majestic Studio in Los Angeles, about an ex-convict who breaks into a house.
Notice
This is a page from the trade paper, the studio's pitch to exhibitors.
“The tramp, pitched to the trade”
Format
The full-resolution, color-managed file — restored honestly, yours to print and keep.
Size
$29.00
Provenance
- Film
- Police (1916)
- Country / studio
- United States · Essanay Studios
- Format
- Other
- Poster published
- U.S. trade-paper advertisement, The Moving Picture World, 1916
- Source
- Internet Archive (The Moving Picture World, 1916)
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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