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The War of the Tongs, Trade Advertisement
A gunman between two figures in Chinese dress.
What
A 1917 trade-paper page advertising The War of the Tongs, a Universal silent drama billed as a Red Feather Production.
Why
H.O. Davis directed it, and the page claims a cast made up entirely of Chinese actors, with the scenario written by Chinese writers.
Notice
"NEW-NOVEL-UNUSUAL-UNIQUE" closes the red-lettered panel at the top, and a column of Chinese characters runs down the lower right.
“A tong war, sold to exhibitors”
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 War of the Tongs (1917), dir. H.O. Davis
- Country / studio
- United States · Universal
- Format
- Other
- Poster published
- U.S. trade-paper advertisement, 1917
- 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.
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