Mel Roy on the Stage: Mid-Nite Spook Party, 1935 – Historic Reproduction
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Step back in time with Mel Roy on the Stage: Mid-Nite Spook Party, 1935, a vintage poster rich in period detail. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
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Mel Roy on the Stage: Mid-Nite Spook Party, 1935
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Few posters from the 1930s promise a midnight show quite like this one, which advertises a single performance at 11:15 p.m. at the Oriel theater in Glencoe on Tuesday, May 14. Mel Roy's bill promises skulls, slate writing, a spirit table, and ghosts raised from the dead, and a printed warning tells audiences the show is not recommended for children under 12. Spook shows of this kind drew on a long public fascination with seances and stage illusion, and the Chicago firm Triangle Poster & Printing Co. produced this multicolor lithograph to make the late-night thrill hard to miss.
| Created / published | 1935 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 72 x 56 cm. |
| Notes | Created by Triangle Poster & Printing Co. Chicago. At head of title: Oriel Theatre Glencoe Tues. May 14 1 midnite show only 11:15 p.m. Warning! This is a scare show. Not recommended for children under 12. Forms part of the McManus-Young Collection. Transferred from; LC Rare Book and Special Collecti |
| Original scan | 2,061 × 2,629 px · prints to 7 × 9 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1716_Mel_Roy_on_the_stage_mi_1935 |
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