eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 5z029 SIAMESE TWINS 27x41 stage poster '30s San Antonio's Daisy and Violet Hilton play the sax! Date Sold 4/13/2017Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Stage Play Poster (measures 26 1/2" x 40 3/4" [67 x 104 cm]) (Learn More) San Antonio's Siamese Twins, the circa 1930s stage show ("The sensation of Vaudeville"; "Born joined together") starring conjoined twins Daisy and Violet Hilton (one of the most famous sets of conjoined twins ever, they appeared in vaudeville shows for many years, and they appeared in the 1932 movie "Freaks", and there was a film biography of them, where they naturally played themselves, called "Chained for Life", in 1951). The sisters had an incredibly depressing life! They were born in 1908, and were the daughters of an unmarried barmaid, and the bar's owner, Mary Hilton, saw the commercial prospects of the girls soon after their birth, and she effectively "bought" them from their mother, and started exhibiting them at the age of 3. As they grew older, Mary Hilton took them on a tour of the world, and in 1926, they performed an act with Bob Hope called "Dancemedians"! Mary Hilton kept all the money they earned, and fortunately for the girls, Hilton died, but they were continued to be exploited by Hilton's husband and daughter. In 1931, they sued to gain control of their own life, and they formed a vaudeville act. They appeared on stage for many years, but in the 1960s, they fell on hard times when their manager at the time abandoned them penniless in a small town, and they worked in a local grocery, and died of the Hong Kong Flu. This poster is undated, but looking at the style of printing and the artwork, I would say it is virtually sure to be from the 1930s (probably the early 1930s, because the sisters appear quite youthful in the poster). Note that both sisters are playing saxophones in the great artwork on the poster (the sisters trained to be musicians from an early age, so they would have something to do during their stage show). If anyone knows more about this, please e-mail us and we will post it here. 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 great poster is mounted to a board, and could be removed from it and linenbacked. The last time we auctioned an example of this poster was in 2016, and that example auctioned for $1,494! Note that because this poster is mounted to a board, it needs to be sent in a very large flat package that will be much more expensive to send than a tube or a regular flat package, so bear this added expense in mind before bidding on this poster! Note also that this poster has been trimmed and it now measures 26 1/2" x 40 3/4" [67 x 104 cm]. Condition: fair to good. The poster was never folded in the traditional way, but it was likely roughly handled while it was rolled, because there are several horizontal partial folds with many creases along those folds scattered through the poster. There was water stains in the top left that entered the "SIA" of "SIAMESE" and the "T" of "TWINS" and also water stains scattered around the edges of the poster. Someone took the poster and had it mounted to a lightweight board (which is heavy enough that it can't be rolled, but it has some "give" to it). The person who mounted it slightly trimmed the borders which were pretty wide, but only blank white paper was affected, except for a tiny bit of the printer information in the left of the bottom blank border (see our image). Absolutely a talented restorer can remove this poster from the board and then linenback it (and it is likely that many of the water stains described above can be removed through chemical means). After proper restoration the poster will look fantastic, and it will likely have little paint restoration within the image. Learn More about condition grades
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