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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;BaseballGames, post: 848904, member: 7826&quot;]Looks like that would indeed be Columbus -- the Bide-A-Wee at 10th and the Alhambra at Lane would have been less than a mile apart along High Street. </p><p><br /></p><p>The &quot;playbills&quot; look more like posters or placards -- they appear to be single sheets.&nbsp; Is anything printed on the back?&nbsp; In either case, they&#039;re pretty cool and definitely collectible, although we wouldn&#039;t expect they&#039;d sell for a substantial amount, due mainly to the relatively plainness of the graphics.&nbsp; If they featured a photo, or had any colour, they&#039;d do better. </p><p><br /></p><p>Just in case anyone&#039;s interested, here are links to IMDb pages about the films advertised...</p><p>Can&#039;t be sure if the Bide-A-Wee was showing the 1914 <i>Uncle Tom&#039;s Cabin</i>, which, daringly for its day, starred an African-American actor, here: </p><p><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0004743/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0004743/" rel="nofollow">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0004743/</a> </p><p>...or if IMDb has misdated a 1917 version as &quot;1918,&quot; starring a white actor in blackface, here: </p><p><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0009741/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0009741/" rel="nofollow">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0009741/</a> </p><p><br /></p><p><i>The Gray Ghost</i>: </p><p><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0008028/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0008028/" rel="nofollow">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0008028/</a> </p><p><br /></p><p><i>The Love That Lives</i> (quite the heart-rending melodrama!): </p><p><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0178719/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0178719/" rel="nofollow">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0178719/</a> </p><p><br /></p><p><i>The </i>(not &quot;A&quot;) <i>Rough House </i>(seen this one, it&#039;s pretty funny... ): </p><p><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0008523/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0008523/" rel="nofollow">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0008523/</a> </p><p><br /></p><p>and <i>Poppy</i>: </p><p><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0008444/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0008444/" rel="nofollow">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0008444/</a> </p><p><br /></p><p>The info might maybe possibly be useful if the OP is selling... </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>ETA:&nbsp; once again, ninja&#039;d by everybody...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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