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The Letter, 1929
A woman's head thrown back in anguish.
What
A 1929 Paramount one-sheet for The Letter, an American drama released on 17 March 1929.
Why
Jean de Limur directed it from W. Somerset Maugham's 1927 play, and it was the first full-sound feature shot at Astoria Studios in Queens.
Notice
The copy opens "Blinded by the fury of passion" and runs down the black ground straight into the title.
“Maugham, on a black ground”
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 Letter (1929), dir. Jean de Limur
- Country / studio
- United States · Paramount Pictures
- Format
- One-sheet (27 × 41 in.)
- Poster published
- U.S. one-sheet, colour lithograph, 1929
- 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. Star-portrait piece: sold as the artifact, the film named, the star incidental.
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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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