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This item is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 7/18/2019
Artist: Anonymous
Title: Dracula Movie Poster
Medium: Fine Art Giclee on Canvas
Image Size: Approximately 30 inches x 20 inches
Framed: Unframed on Unstretched Canvas
Details: This is a beautiful Reproduction Giclee on Archival Canvas
Notes: When the film finally premiered at the Roxy Theatre in New York on February 12, 1931 (released two days later throughout the United States) newspapers reported that members of the audiences fainted in shock at the horror on screen. This publicity, shrewdly orchestrated by the film studio, helped ensure people came to see the film, if for no other reason than curiosity. Dracula was a big gamble for a major Hollywood studio to undertake.
In spite of the literary credentials of the source material, it was uncertain if an American audience was prepared for a serious full length supernatural chiller. Though America had been exposed to other chillers before, such as The Cat and the Canary (1927), this was a horror story with no comic relief or trick ending that downplayed the supernatural. Nervous executives breathed a collective sigh of relief when Dracula proved to be a huge box office sensation. Within 48 hours of its opening at New York's Roxy Theatre, it had sold 50,000 tickets, building a momentum that culminated in a $700,000 profit, the largest of Universal's 1931 releases.
Warranty: Item GUARANTEED to be as described
Auction Estimate: $350.00/$550.00