eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 3t785 SILVER COMES THRU Argentinean 14x28 '27 Fred Thomson feeding baby horse, different, rare! Date Sold 1/10/2017Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Folded Argentinean Movie Poster (measures 14 1/4" x 28 1/4" [36 x 72 cm]) (Learn More) Silver Comes Thru, the 1927 Lloyd Ingraham silent horse racing gambling cowboy western (based on a story by Frank M. Clifton; produced by Joseph P. Kennedy; about a cowboy who is given a beautiful white horse to train for a major race, and the owner of the horse bets his entire ranch and everything he has on the race, and the horse is kidnapped just before the race, but the cowboy gets the horse back just in time, and in the climax of the movie, rides the horse to victory!) starring Fred Thomson (billed as "Fred Thomson and his miracle Horse Silver king"), Edna Murphy, William Courtright, Harry Woods, and Silver King ("The Horse with a Personality"). Note that producer Joseph P. Kennedy was of course the father of Joe, John, Bobby, and Teddy Kennedy, and had a well publicized love affair with Gloria Swanson for many years! Note that Fred Thomson's horse, Silver King, is not nearly as well known as the other most famous movie cowboys' horses (like Tony and Trigger), but that is surely partly because of Fred Thomson's early untimely death. The advertising for this movie shows that Silver King was a major star, because he is billed as "the horse with a personality". He got this nickname because he could do things no other horse could do, like wink one eye, and he was expert at nodding his head and acting as though he understood everything said to him. After Thomson's death, he became Hal Taliaferro's horse, and then he appeared to retire in 1934. According to the IMDb, he came out of retirement in 1938 to play "Silver" in the first Lone Ranger serial in 1938, but we can't verify that. If anyone knows more about this, please e-mail us and we will post it here. Also, note that star Fred Thomson was a major silent cowboy star (along with Tom Mix), but he is forgotten today, because he tragically died of tetanus just when sound movies started. Surely there should be a film biography of his life (perhaps Johnny Depp could play the lead role!) NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Important Added Info: Note that this is one of a remarkable find of 143 Argentinean posters from 1926 to 1929 that were recently discovered! They all measure approximately 14 1/4" x 28 1/4", which was one of the two main sizes created for Argentinean movie posters at that time (the other was a poster that measured 29" x 43"). It is likely that prior to this amazing find, there were only a small number of these posters known to exist in the entire world, and after these 143 are auctioned, it is unlikely that there will be many more discovered, even over the coming decades! This is a rare opportunity to purchase an Argentinean poster from the late 1920s, a time when virtually no movie posters from any country are known to exist! Note that this poster was folded at one time but has been laying flat for a long time and will be sent rolled in a tube. Condition: very good. There are a few minor patches of slight discoloration scattered in various areas (more so along the foldlines), typical of Argentinean posters of this time period. It is otherwise in pretty nice condition. Learn More about condition grades
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