eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 4g0368 CIVILIZATION 1/2sh R1931 Thomas Ince anti-war classic, montage of images including Jesus! Date Sold 5/14/2020Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. A 1931 Re-Release Theatrical Unfolded Half-Sheet Movie Poster (1/2sh; measures 22" x 28" [56 x 71 cm]) (Learn More) Civilization, the classic 1916 Thomas H. Ince silent anti-war religious fantasy melodrama ("Thos H. Ince's Million Dollar Spectacle"; "The Greatest Production of Modern Times"; it is an allegory about a king in an unnamed country, who has a submarine, and he orders the count in charge of it to sink an enemy ship, and the count refuses, and sinks the submarine instead, and he survives, but in limbo between life and death, where he meets Jesus in the flesh, who tells him to return to the living and preach peace, which he does, and that causes him to be sentenced to death, but then Jesus appears again!; it has been suggested that this film helped to get Woodrow Wilson re-elected as president because it reinforced his campaign promises to keep the United States out of World War I) starring Howard C. Hickman, Enid Markey, Lola May, Kate Bruce, J. Frank Burke, and George Fisher 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 poster is one of a collection of 25 silent half-sheets (this one is from a 1931 re-release of a classic silent movie) we are currently auctioning, in 25 separate auctions. Most of these are beyond rare, and many are likely "one of a kind"! This poster was never folded and it is fragile enough that it absolutely should not be rolled or attempted to be rolled. Therefore, it needs to be sent in a very large flat package that measures approximately 24" x 30". Please bear this added shipping expense in mind before bidding on this poster. Condition: good. The poster was never folded. It is fragile and it has paper loss in the lower right blank border and darkening in the left and right borders and across the top of the poster. There is a tear in the middle of the left and middle of the right (see our image). Learn More about condition grades
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