1920 New Washington Ohio Gem Theatre Daring Hearts Lost Silent Film Handbill

1920 New Washington Ohio Gem Theatre Daring Hearts Lost Silent Film Handbill

Original 1920 Gem Theatre movie handbill from New Washington, Ohio advertising Francis X. Bushman and Beverly Bayne in Daring Hearts, a World War I silent drama now considered a lost film. The handbill includes the principal cast and a detailed contemporary synopsis, making it an unusual surviving record of a film no longer known to exist in complete form.

The weekly program also advertises silent Western star William S. Hart in Wolves of the Rail, comedy shorts, International News and 18-year-old aerial daredevil Ethel Dare changing planes in mid-air.

Period handwritten notation identifies New Washington, Ohio, dates the piece to 1920 and records that the original owner "attended this show with S. E. Frost and family." A wonderful piece of documented small-town Ohio and early American cinema history.

Condition
Fair antique condition with extensive original folds and creasing, age toning, soiling, edge wear, tears and splits, small areas of paper loss and period handwritten notation. Printed advertising remains substantially intact and readable. Reverse is blank. Please review photos carefully for exact condition.

Size
Approximately 13 x 8 inches

Materials
Printed paper

Colors
Cream,black,brown

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