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The Foundling

A detective questions a girl at a door.

What

A 1916 Famous Players one-sheet for The Foundling, presented by Daniel Frohman for Paramount.

Why

It remade a 1915 version whose negative burned in the Famous Players nitrate fire of September 11, 1915.

Notice

The caption reads "The detective suspects Molly O" above the title.

“A remake born of a fire”

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 18x24" cleanly.

Size

$29.00

Provenance

Film
The Foundling (1916), dir. John B. O'Brien
Country / studio
United States · Paramount Pictures
Format
One-sheet (27 × 41 in.)
Poster published
U.S. one-sheet, colour lithograph, 1916
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.

The Double Bill

Two one-sheets, hung as a pair — a double feature for your wall, at a pairing price of $270.00 for the two. Build one from any two one-sheets in the gallery.

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