eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 9p006 CURRAN OPERA HOUSE handbill circa 1910 vaudeville theater that showed motion pictures! Date Sold 3/3/2011Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Handbill (measures 6" x 14" [15 x 36 cm]) (Learn More) Curran Opera House, the circa 1910 handbill advertising the acts appearing at this vaudeville theater. There were eight attractions listed on the bill, and there are two listings simply for "Moving Pictures", and one for "The Curranscope Feature Films". Note that there are no names of movies shown, which was true of almost all super early motion picture advertising that survives. We have not found any references on the Internet to Curranscope, but given that this was the Curran Opera House, we don't know that the Curranscope was anything different than a regular movie projector! If anyone knows more about this, please e-mail us and we will post it here. Important Added Info: Note that in the earliest days of motion pictures (at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th), movies were all quite short (usually several minutes each), and they were shown at vaudeville theaters and other kinds of shows. The advertising for these kinds of places were often "daybills", which resemble U.S. inserts in size, but were printed on one-sheet paper, and also "handbills", which were similar to later heralds (similar daybills and handbills were used to advertise circuses at that time). These handbills would rarely have any artwork, but rather would list all of the varied entertainments available at the show. They were likely passed out to people in the street, and were completely disposable, and very few of them survive! Condition: very good. There is paper loss in the right of the top border and a few tiny tears in the borders, but otherwise, the handbill is in pretty good condition (especially considering it is over 100 years old!). Learn More about condition grades
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