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The Telltale Knife
A giant knife behind a frightened couple.
What
A 1914 one-sheet colour lithograph, 104 x 71 cm, for The Telltale Knife, a Selig Polyscope Western drama subtitled Catching Cattle Rustlers.
Why
The Library of Congress record names Selig as copyright claimant and lists Tom Mix and Goldie Colwell with the film.
Notice
A knife taller than the couple fills the sheet, captioned at the foot "THE KNIFE CONVICTED HIM."
“One knife, one conviction”
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 Telltale Knife (1914)
- Country / studio
- United States · Selig Polyscope
- Printer / stone
- Goes Litho Co., Chicago
- Format
- One-sheet (27 × 41 in.)
- Poster published
- U.S. one-sheet, colour lithograph, 1914
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons (Library of Congress scan)
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.
From Silent Hollywood
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.
Pair it in the gallery →A house of the Provenance family