1919 SILENT FILM BOUND AND GAGGED GEORGE B. SEITZ MARGUERITE COURTOT AD POSTER

Description: THIS IS AN ORIGINAL, EXTREMELY RARE, 1919 SILENT FILM, CENTERFOLD STYLE, LARGE AD / POSTER (15.25" X 22", IN 2 PIECES), FEATURING "BOUND AND GAGGED", STARRING MARGUERITE COURTOT, GEORGE B. SEITZ, AND HARRY SEMELS, PRODUCED AND DIRECTED BY GEORGE B. SEITZ, FOR PATHE DISTRIBUTORS, TAKEN FROM A SILENT FILM PUBLICATION OF THE PERIOD, SENT TO THEATER OWNERS TO PROMOTE FILMS. THERE ARE NO ORIGINAL 1919 POSTERS, LOBBY CARDS, ETC. AVAILABLE FOR SALE, FOR THIS SILENT FILM, ANYWHERE THAT I CAN FIND, IN THE NOW OR IN THE PAST, (EXCEPT FOR 3 LOTS OF LOBBY CARDS RANGING IN PRICE FROM $79.00 - $215, SOLD BETWEEN 2010 TO 2017, AND 3 ONE SHEET POSTERS RANGING IN PRICE FROM $406.00 - $1,016, SOLD BETWEEN 2016 TO 2023). THIS IS THE ONLY ORIGINAL IN EXISTENCE FOR SALE NOW. SOME SLIGHT WEAR TO THE EDGES, WHERE THE TWO PIECES COME TOGETHER. OTHERWISE, VERY GOOD CONDITION, SEE PHOTO. SEE 1-4 BELOW: 1. Bound and Gagged is a 1919 American silent film serial produced by George B. Seitz Productions and distributed by Pathé. It was a spoof of the clichéd melodramatic serials of the era.It was shot in Fort Lee, New Jersey when many early film studios in America's first motion picture industry were based there at the beginning of the 20th century.Four episodes survive in the Library of Congress film archive.CAST:Marguerite Courtot as Princess IstraGeorge B. Seitz as Archibald A. BarlowNellie Burt as Margaret HunterHarry Semels as Don Esteban CarneroFrank Redman as Roger KipleyJohn Reinhardt as Oscar Ben GladeTom Goodwin as Willard HunterJoe Cuny as Barcelona BenHarry StoneBert Starkey CHAPTER TITLES: The WagerOverboardHelp! Help!An Unwilling PrincessHeld For RansomOut Again, In AgainThe Fatal ErrorArrestedA Harmless PrincessHopley Takes The Liberty 2. George Brackett Seitz (January 3, 1888 – July 8, 1944) was an American playwright, screenwriter, film actor and director. He was known for his screenplays for action serials, such as The Perils of Pauline (1914) and The Exploits of Elaine (1914).Seitz was born in Boston, Massachusetts, started his career as a playwright, and also wrote some fiction for "up-market" pulp magazines such as Adventure and People's Magazine.Seitz did much of his early work in Fort Lee, New Jersey when many other early film studios in America's first motion picture industry were based there. He was the director of more than one hundred films, the writer of more than thirty screenplays, and an actor in seven films. He worked at Columbia Pictures and at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer where he directed eleven films in the Andy Hardy series of the 1930s & 1940s. He died in Hollywood, California in 1944. Although an acquaintance of the cinematographer John F. Seitz, they were not related. He was the father of George B. Seitz Jr., who was a writer/director active in the 1940s and 1950s in films and television.3. Pathé: is a French major film production and distribution company, owning a number of cinema chains through its subsidiary Pathé Cinémas and television networks across Europe.It is the name of a network of French businesses that were founded and originally run by the Pathé Brothers of France starting in 1896. In the early 1900s, Pathé became the world's largest film equipment and production company, as well as a major producer of phonograph records. In 1908, Pathé invented the newsreel that was shown in cinemas before a feature film.Pathé is the second-oldest operating film company, behind Gaumont Film Company, which was established in 1895.4. Marguerite Gabrielle Courtot (August 20, 1897 – May 28, 1986) was an American silent film actress.Courtot became a child model and in June 1912, while not yet fifteen years old, joined the Kalem Company, appearing in 1913's The Riddle of the Tin Soldier alongside star Alice Joyce and Harry F. Millarde, who was making his film debut. Between then and 1916, Courtot made 37 films for Kalem, playing the starring role in The Ventures of Marguerite, a 16-episode action/adventure serial.Following the Kalem Company's merger with Vitagraph Studios, Courtot starred in the Gaumont Pictures production of The Dead Alive, directed by Henri J. Vernot. After several films with Jesse L. Lasky's Famous Players Film Company and smaller independents, Courtot took most of 1918 off to use her public persona to tour the country to promote America's World War I effort in Europe. When the war ended, she returned to film, joining Pathé. Although she had starring roles, she also worked in prominent secondary parts such as in the 1921 serials The Sky Ranger, starring June Caprice, and The Yellow Arm, starring Juanita Hansen.5. Harry Semels (November 20, 1887 – March 2, 1946) was an American film actor. He appeared in over 315 films between 1917 and 1946.Semels made his film debut in 1917. He appeared in several Three Stooges shorts for Columbia Pictures including Disorder in the Court, Wee Wee Monsieur and Three Little Sew and Sews. He also appeared in feature films like Road to Morocco, The Princess and the Pirate and The Kid from Brooklyn. A versatile character actor, Semels was often cast as villains, waiters, lawyers and soldiers.

Price: 99.95 USD

Location: Evanston, Wyoming

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