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Underworld, Style B
A gangster in a fedora, a face looming.
What
A 1927 Paramount one-sheet, Style B, for Underworld, an American silent gangster film, which the record measures at 41 by 27 inches.
Why
Josef von Sternberg directed it, Ben Hecht won an Academy Award for its story, and it is counted among the earliest examples of film noir.
Notice
The title is cut in white slab capitals that tilt upward across the lower third, and the bottom quarter of the sheet is left blank.
“Sternberg's first gangster picture”
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
- Underworld (1927), dir. Josef von Sternberg
- Country / studio
- United States · Paramount Pictures
- Printer / stone
- Morgan Litho. Co., Cleveland
- Format
- One-sheet (27 × 41 in.)
- Poster published
- U.S. one-sheet, colour lithograph, 1927
- 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.
The same film, another screen
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From Silent Hollywood
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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.
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