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Poster, Theater

Object number2021.92.1

Datec. 1944

OriginUnited States of America

MediumPaper; Ink; Adhesive tape

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

DescriptionRectangular off-white paper movie poster. Front has inset yellow background with red-orange title across top; inside opening in the first “R” is a photographic image of man and woman cheek-to-cheek. Front features large photographic image of a Rosie the Riveter figure in the center of a hole; the hole is surrounded by black-and-white photographic images of women laying down and walking in a circle; the women hold airplanes on poles. Reverse is off-white paper.DimensionsHeight x Width x Depth: 22 × 28 × 0.063 in. (55.9 × 71.1 × 0.2 cm)
InscriptionsFront has red-orange text across top “ “ROSIE THE RIVETER” ”.

Front has red-orange and black text in bottom left corner “with / JANE FRAZEE / FRANK ALBERTSON / VERA VAGUE / and / FRANK JENKS / LLOYD CORRIGAN / MAUDE EBURNE / CARL “ALFALFA” SWITZER / ARTHUR LOFT / JOSEPH SANTLEY – Director / Screenplay by JACK TOWNLEY – ALEEN LESLIE / Based on the Saturday Evening Post Story / “Room For Two” by DOROTHY CURNOW HANDLEY”.

Front has yellow text in bottom right corner “A / REPUBLIC / PICTURE”.

Reverse has black text handwritten twice “1794X”.

Reverse has handwritten text at top center “Rosie the Riveter”; at center left “Rialto – O.C.”; in bottom left quadrant “8”; in bottom left corner “$200 / 118 / $150”; and "Canadian" at center right. To the left of the "8" is text that has been crossed out and is difficult to decipher.
MarksFront has printed blue text in the bottom right corner union label with text “ALLIED PRINTING / TRADES / UNION / LABEL / COUNCIL / ESSEX COUNTY” and to the right “COUNTRY OF ORIGIN U. S. A.”
Historical NotesMovie poster used to promote the musical film "Rosie the Riveter." The film was released in 1944 by Republic Pictures and starred Jane Frazee as Rosalind "Rosie" Warren. The film’s screenplay was written by Aleen Leslie, also a longtime columnist for the Pittsburgh Press who later worked on Three Stooges films then became one of Hollywood’s few female screen writers in the 1940s-1950s.

Related institution Republic Pictures Corporation

Related institution The Saturday Evening Post

Related person Jane Frazee

Related person Frank Albertson

Related person Vera Vague

Related person Frank Jenks

Related person Lloyd Corrigan

Related person Maude Eburne

Related person Carl Switzer

Related person Arthur Loft

Related person Joseph Santley

Related person Jack Townley