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METROPOLITAN COMEDY CO METROPOLITAN COMEDY CO special poster OR search current auctions Auction History Result 8k441 METROPOLITAN COMEDY CO 21x28 special poster 1920s moving pictures featuring Original Raffles! Date Sold 8/22/2019Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Unfolded Special Poster (measures 21" x 28" [53 x 71 cm]) (Learn More) The Metropolitan Comedy Co, the 1920s poster ("Coming"; "Vaudeville and moving pictures featuring Original Raffles, expert escape artist, and a complete change of vaudeville every night"; "Don't fail to see Raffles get out of Straight Jackets, Torture Belts and Rope Ties"; "If you see but one show be sure it's the Metropolitan Comedy Co.") promoting a show featuring live vaudeville entertainment and film shorts which included Wolves of the Air (a 1927 film starring Johnnie Walker & Mildred Harris) and Skyfire (a 1920 film starring Neal Hart). Note that we can't find much information on "Original Raffles"! Based on 1910s newspaper articles, he seems to have been a vaudeville escape artist and safe cracker who was named after the character "Raffles" in E.W. Hornung's novel of the same name. Interestingly, we also found a 1907 newspaper article about Edwin S. Tate, a man known as "Original Raffles" who was arrested for breaking into a safe and stealing evidence related to the case of an embezzler and forger. Perhaps they were the same man? 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. Condition: very good. The poster was never folded. It has a 1 1/2" tear at center right that slightly extends into the orange background area. It is otherwise in pretty nice condition! Learn More about condition grades
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