ROMAN SCANDALS

Original British 17 inch x 22 inch Trade Advertisement removed from the Kinematograph Weekly February 1st, 1934 for the 1933 Frank Tuttle pre-Code Hollywood Musical Comedy ROMAN SCANDALS, based on a story by George S. Kaufman and starring Eddie Cantor, Ruth Etting, Gloria Stuart and David Manners.

The film features a number of intricate production numbers choreographed by Busby Berkeley. The song “Keep Young and Beautiful” is from this film. In addition to the starring actors in the picture, the elaborate dance numbers are performed by the “Goldwyn Girls” (who in this film include future stars such as Lucille Ball, Paulette Goddard and Barbara Pepper).

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.