Warner Bros. present "The Artist". [Drop title].

New York: Ritchey Litho. Corp., (n. d.), [1922]. 41 x 27 inches. Broadside. White stock printed in full color. Old folds; staining and spotting to border; some short tears/chipping to edges; approx. 3" split to one of the folds, with an additional small hole to center and two short tears; pinholes to corners; soiling and pencil notation to verso. Fair.

A rare one-sheet poster for the short silent comedy, The Artist, starring Monty Banks and directed by Jack Warner. Unfortunately, we are unable to find a synopsis online or any confirmation that the film has survived.

Although less well-remembered now than Charlie Chaplin or Buster Keaton, Banks was a huge star in his day and a prolific actor. As noted in an article in "The Lost Laugh: An Online Compendium of Great and Forgotten Film Comedians," "independent production gave him his break to starring shorts. Starting with A RARE BIRD (1920), he produced films for Grand-Asher. During the course of these films ... he began to reinvent his character. Shabby tramp clothes were out; dapper suits and an impeccably tailored moustache were in. Taking his cue from Lloyd rather than Chaplin, Monty now played an amiable, everyday kind of fellow. His small size and chubbiness marked him a little out of step with the romantic ideals he held, but he remained an optimist in the face of embarrassment and disaster. The title of one of his films, ‘KEEP SMILING’, just about sums his persona up. If his character wasn’t as firmly delineated as Lloyd’s or Keaton’s, he was nevertheless very likeable and a proficient comedy performer."

Not located in OCLC or other online repositories.