1912 SILENT FILM THE COMING OF COLUMBUS SELIG MARSHALL STEDMAN AD / POSTER

Description: THIS IS AN ORIGINAL, EXTREMELY RARE, 1912, SILENT FILM, SMALL ADVERTISEMENT / POSTER (9" X 9.25") OF "THE COMING OF COLUMBUS" STARRING MARSHALL STEDMAN, KATHLYN WILLIAMS, AND CHARLES CLARY, DIRECTED BY COLIN CAMPBELL, TAKEN FROM A SILENT FILM PUBLICATION OF THE PERIOD, SENT TO THEATER OWNERS TO PROMOTE FILMS. CURRENTLY THERE ARE NO ORIGINAL POSTERS, LOBBY CARDS, ETC. OF THIS SILENT FILM AVAILABLE FOR SALE, ANYWHERE THAT I CAN FIND, NOW OR IN THE PAST, (EXCEPT FOR A SMALL THEATER PROGRAM FOR $39.99). SOME MINOR WEAR TO THE EDGES, WITH 2 SETS OF SMALL STAPLE HOLES AT THE LEFT BORDER MARGIN, AND A SMALL PIECE OF MUSEUM TAPE AT THE BOTTOM EDGE WHERE THERE IS A MINOR TEAR. OTHERWISE, GOOD CONDITION, SEE PHOTO. SEE 1-4 BELOW: 1. The Coming Of Columbus: A Historical Review of Incidents in the Life and Discoveries of Christopher Columbus-A Magnificent Visualization in 3 Reels. Between 1910 and 1913, when it released the film to audiences nationwide, Selig Polyscope filmed The Coming of Columbus. Described as "the sensation of the moving picture world" and "the most expensive, the most elaborate and most wonderful graphic moving picture film ever made," the three-reel movie portrayed "the vital events in the life and discoveries of Christopher Columbus" that were "with historic exactness." The film took three years to develop at a cost of more than $50,000. 2. Marshall Stedman (August 16, 1874 – December 16, 1943) was an American stage and silent screen actor/director, playwright, author and drama teacher. In 1906, Stedman was named head of the drama school at the Chicago Musical College, a position he would hold for some four years. Later he spent a season in vaudeville before venturing into film work as a director with Essanay Studios and later the Selig Polyscope Company, as an actor, director, writer and producer. Several years later Stedman returned to teaching as a drama instructor with the Eagan School of Drama and Music in Los Angeles.In the years that followed, Marshall Stedman would continue to teach, act and write. He played a number of villain roles in films made by Hobart Bosworth and returned to the stage in community theater productions performed by his students, often in plays he wrote. In the late 1920s Stedman founded the Marshall Stedman School of Drama and Elocution in Culver City, California.3. Kathlyn Williams (born Kathleen Mabel Williams, May 31, 1879 – September 23, 1960) was an American actress, known for her blonde beauty and daring antics, who performed on stage as well as in early silent film. She began her career onstage in her hometown of Butte, Montana, where she was sponsored by local copper magnate William A. Clark to study acting in New York City. She later appeared in numerous films between 1910 and 1932 before retiring from acting. Williams died of a heart attack in Los Angeles at age 81. 4. Charles Clary (March 24, 1873 – March 24, 1931) was an American actor of the silent film era. Clary appeared in more than 200 films between 1910 and 1930. He was born in Charleston, Illinois and died on his 58th birthday in Los Angeles, California. He worked for Selig and the Fine Arts Film Company. Before Clary joined Selig, he "played stock companies and road shows all over America".

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Location: Salt Lake City, Utah

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