Poster
Poster for "His Majesty Bunker Bean"
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| Color lithograph poster. On a green field, the top portion of the poster shows the lead character wearing a tall crown. Beneath this a caption reads “Wm. H. Currie Presents/Taylor Holmes/ in/ "His Majesty Bunker Bean”/ by Lee Wilson Dodd/From the Stories by Harry Leon Wilson." |
| Image ID: | 89867 |
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| Creation Date: | 1916 |
| Creator Name: | Strobridge Lithographic Company |
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| Collection Name: | WCFTR Posters |
| Genre: | Poster |
| Original Format Type: | prints, photomechanical |
| Original Format Number: | 5.1.0022 |
| Original Dimensions: | 69.5 cm by 105 cm |
| Dodd based the play on the novel by Leon and wrote it as a vehicle for Holmes (1878-1959). It ran for just 72 performances at the Astor Theatre, but was made into films in 1918 (with Jack Pickford), again in 1925 (directed by Harry Beaumont), and lastly in 1936 (with Lucille Ball). |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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