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The Thirteenth Chair, 1929

Shadowed hands rise above a seance table.

What

A 1929 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer one-sheet for The Thirteenth Chair, an American mystery, printed by the Lubin Publishing Co.

Why

Tod Browning directed it from Bayard Veiller's 1916 play, with Conrad Nagel, Leila Hyams and Margaret Wycherly, and Bela Lugosi in the cast.

Notice

The title is printed "THE 13TH CHAIR" in white capitals cut across the photograph, under "TOD BROWNING'S PRODUCTION".

“A seance, by Tod Browning”

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 Thirteenth Chair (1929), dir. Tod Browning
Country / studio
United States · Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Printer / stone
Lubin Publishing Co.
Format
One-sheet (27 × 41 in.)
Poster published
U.S. one-sheet, colour lithograph, 1929
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.

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