PENN OF PENNSYLVANIA

Original British 17 inch x 22 inch Trade Advertisement for the 1941 Lance Comfort Historical Adventure PENN OF PENNSYLVANIA, based on the C.E. Vulliamy biography “William Penn” and starring Clifford Evans, Deborah Kerr, Dennis Arundell as Charles II, Aubrey Mallalieu, O.B. Clarence, James Harcourt, Henry Oscar, Max Adrian, John Stuart, Maire O’Neill, Edward Rigby and Joss Ambler.

The story of the first settlers in America who survive through the strength of their Quaker faith.

The Advertisement is in very good condition with one vertical centre fold.

Trade advertisements are colourful posters aimed at cinema managers, which were either slipped in, or part of, the weekly film trade journals which were available to them by subscription but were not sold to the general public. The large size Trade advertisements are about the size of US half sheet posters and have a centre fold which is usually hard to discern when flat. Most were designed to be pulled out, and some were attached by staples. Most have the date in tiny letters in one of the top corners.
The publishers own copies from the 1930’s were destroyed by fire and water damage during the Blitz and Wartime paper drives decimated those held by cinemas making them quite rare.