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The Moving Picture Cowboy
The tall tale beside the true one.
What
A tall 1914 colour lithograph for The Moving Picture Cowboy, its caption promising "the way he told the story, and what he really did."
Why
The film made a joke of Western bragging at the moment Western stars were being made, and the poster sells the joke.
Notice
Stunts stack down the length of the sheet, almost twice as tall as it is wide.
“A legend that laughs at itself”
Format
The full-resolution, color-managed file — restored honestly, yours to print and keep.
Size
$29.00
Provenance
- Film
- The Moving Picture Cowboy (1914)
- Country / studio
- United States
- Format
- Other
- Poster published
- U.S. theatrical poster, 1914
- Source
- Library of Congress
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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