CURSE OF GREED

Original 1920 British 11 3/4 inch x 8 1/8 inch Double-Sided Trade Advertisement from The Film Renter & Moving Picture News for the 1919 Léonce Perret Drama THE CURSE OF GREED, based on the novel “The Woman In White” by Wilkie Collins and starring Mae Murray, Warner Oland, Jack W. Johnston and Henry G. Sell.

John Bent is a small-time crook on the skids. While staying at a boarding house, he falls in love with a downtrodden young girl named Daisy and marries her. Going through her belongings after the wedding, Bent realizes that Daisy is the abandoned, long-lost daughter of a wealthy tycoon. Her twin sister, Violet, was raised in luxury and is now the current heiress to the family fortune. Bent devises an insidious scheme to have Daisy impersonate Violet and “arrange” for the father’s death, leaving him the recipient of untold millions. Brave detective Bob Anderson, Violet’s boyfriend, sets out to squash Bent’s plans before they can reach fruition.

On the reverse is the Trade Advertisement for the 1920 Kenelm Foss & James Reardon Comedy THE GLAD EYE, based on the play “Le Zebre” by Paul Armont and starring James Reardon, Dorothy Minto, Hayford Hobbs, Pauline Peters, Peggy Marsh, Blanche Churms and Eva McRoberts

A spiritualist’s son is forced to feign his death when the airship he is supposed to be on crashes.

The Advertisement is in very good condition.