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The Smiling Terror

A Universal Western, June 1929.

What

A lobby card for The Smiling Terror, released by Universal on 30 June 1929.

Why

Joseph Levigard directed from a script by George H. Plympton and Carl Krusada; Ted Wells starred, and the film is lost.

Notice

Bud Osborne, Ted Wells and Al Ferguson share the scene.

“The last silent saddle”

Format

The full-resolution, color-managed file — restored honestly, yours to print and keep.

Size

$29.00

Provenance

Film
The Smiling Terror (1929), dir. Joseph Levigard
Country / studio
United States · Universal Pictures
Format
Lobby card
Poster published
U.S. lobby card, 1929
Source
Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale University
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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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