eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result #8008 EASY STREET long Aust daybill R1924 great art of Charlie Chaplin as The Tramp running from cop Date Sold 5/6/2003Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Undated (probably 1924) Re-Release Vintage Theatrical Folded Australian Daybill Movie Poster (measures approximately 15" x 40") (Learn More) Easy Street, the 1917 Charlie Chaplin silent romantic slapstick comedy short (the Tramp goes into a church and steals the collection box, but when he sees a beautiful girl, he puts it back, and becomes a policeman, and is assigned to a really tough street known euphemistically as "Easy Street", and he cleans it up and wins the girl) starring Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Eric Campbell (as The Bully), Albert Austin, and Lloyd Bacon. Note that the phrase "on Easy Street" (referring to "having it made") is an expression everyone "knows", but its origins are somewhat murky. Some sources say it came about in the early 1700s (with no citation), but while all sources agree it became popular around 1900 to 1905, most disagree as to where it originated from at time! Charlie Chaplin grew up near a street named "East Street", and it was in a rough neighborhood, and that may have served as the inspirations for this film's "Easy Street" (and of course Chaplin used the term ironically, for the street was anything but "easy" to live on). In today's world, with so many billionaires, there are lots and lots of people who have truly arrived on "Easy Street"! 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: This poster was folded originally. But it has been laying completely flat for many many years, and we strongly advise letting us send it in a tube, rather than folding it! Condition: good to very good. Note that this was one of a group of 24 daybills from the 1920s and 1930s that were found together. All have significant condition defects, but many are quite attractive and some may well be the only (or one of a few) surviving examples! But please read the condition descriptions closely and do not bid on any of these 24 posters unless you can accept their defects or are willing to have them restored! there was a 13" vertical tear running from the top of Chaplin's right sleeve down to his right foot and someone taped it with conservation tape from the reverse; there is a small area of paper loss in his sleeve and a smaller area of paper loss in the background above his hand; there are tiny tears, tiny paper loss, creases, and smudges around the edges of the poster and very fine smudging in the background areas Learn More about condition grades
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