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(THEATER / EPHEMERA.) Group of six Bil Baird Marionette Theater posters. Color illustrated cardboard sheets for Davy Jones' Locker (their first performance), The Wizard of Oz, Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves, Peter and the Wolf, Pinocchio, and Winnie the Pooh. Each measures 558x360 mm; 22x14 1/4 inches. Scattered light soiling and scuffing, staple marks at top and bottom from hanging, but generally bright. New York, 1966-67
Bil Baird and his wife, Cora, were most famous for creating "The Lonely Goatherd" marionette scene in the 1965 movie "The Sound of Music" but were already well-known in 1960s Greenwich Village. The 59 Barrow Street address purchased in 1964 served as their home, marionette theater, and filming studio. They attracted the city's best writers, composers, and puppeteers, and the top-notch live and television performances they produced influenced such fans as Jim Henson, whose company many of the Bairds' employees later joined.
