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The Benson Murder Case, Window Card

A detective in a fedora, shadow behind.

What

A 1930 Paramount window card for The Benson Murder Case, an American crime film.

Why

Frank Tuttle directed it from S. S. Van Dine's 1926 novel, with William Powell as Philo Vance, and it was released on 13 April 1930.

Notice

The theatre printed "CAPITOL TUES.-WED." across the top, above the script line "The greatest of them all!"

“Philo Vance, at the Capitol”

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
The Benson Murder Case (1930), dir. Frank Tuttle
Country / studio
United States · Paramount
Format
Window card
Poster published
U.S. window card, colour lithograph, 1930
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. Star-portrait piece: sold as the artifact, the film named, the star incidental.

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