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Auction History Result 7k254 JACK-KNIFE MAN linen 1sh '20 stone litho of old man who carves toys for adopted young boy! Date Sold 11/30/2010 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 27" x 41" [69 x 104 cm]) (Learn More) The Jack-Knife Man, the 1920 King Vidor silent lonely-old-man-adopts-orphan-boy melodrama ("But can't you see you're making children everywhere happier?"; "A story for children from nine to ninety by Ellis Parker Butler"; this is a kind of strange story!; a lonely older man takes in an orphan boy, and then a hobo comes along and helps the old man raise him, and then a rich woman tries to take the boy away, but she sees that the old man is a genius at carving toys with his jackknife, and she ends up marrying him instead, and they take care of the boy together, and stranger yet, it turns out that the hobo was really the boy's natural father, but he sees the boy is better off with the man and woman) starring Fred A. Turner (in the title role as the Jack-Knife Man), Harry Todd, Bobby Kelso (as the boy), Willis Marks, Lillian Leighton, and Florence Vidor (the director's wife, appearing in a small role) NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Condition: very good. The poster had tiny paper loss at the crossfolds and minor wear on the foldlines. There were some pinholes and tears around the edges of the poster and some darkening and smudges in the light colored background areas. Overall, the poster was in very good condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was nicely backed, and displays well! Learn More about condition grades 
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