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The planter’s wife

Description: Image of a couple, with the man on his tiptoes, holding hands and about to kiss in front of a bush with flowers; the poster advertises the melodrama "The Planter's Wife" by James K. Tillotson.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 188-
Call number: priJLC_ENT_000458
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

The planter’s wife

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Image of two men wearing suits in a confrontation on a balcony; the poster advertises the melodrama "The Planter's Wife" by James K. Tillotson.

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Image of a full-length portrait of the American actor Kitty Blanchard (Mrs. McKee Rankin) holding her hands up while performing in costume as the character Carrots, with red hair and a torn blue apron; the poster advertises the Western melodrama "49" (or "Forty-Nine").

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Hoyt’s a midnight bell: laughter every minute

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Image of a classroom scene with a young woman holding a young man by his ear in the center of a schoolroom before an older man, with a female teacher sitting at a desk, other students, and a seated couple looking on; the poster advertises the comic melodrama "A Midnight Bell" by Charles H. Hoyt.

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Blue Jeans : will never wear out : written by Joseph Arthur author of "The still alarm."

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Image of a younger woman being escorted out of a doorway in the home of an older couple, while an old woman reaches out and an old man stands on a chair holding a framed picture on the wall, with a sign above the door that reads "God Bless Our Home"; the poster advertises the melodrama "Blue Jeans" written by Joseph Arthur.

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The guv’nor

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Image of a scene in a boathouse on a lake with four men and a couple standing near a kitchen table and chair, boat, and oars, with a vignette of a proposal scene with a man and woman sitting and holding hands while an older man looks on; the poster advertises the farce comedy "The Guv'nor" written by E. G. Lankester.

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Taken from life

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Image of an outdoor scene in a courtyard with a fleeing man on a horse trying to escape a fallen police officer, with onlookers and a man with a pitchfork threatening a couple in the background; the poster advertises the melodrama "Taken From Life" written by Henry Pettitt.

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