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Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
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"CUSTER'S LAST FIGHT." 1912.
40 1/2x26 1/2 inches, 102 3/4x67 1/4 cm. The Otis Lithograph Co., Cleveland. Condition A-: minor restoration at edges and along vertical and horizontal folds.
By all accounts this film was quite a spectacle. The Film Encyclopedia explains that "to achieve the kind of spectacular action he found lacking in Westerns of the day, [Ince, the producer] put a whole Wild West show on the payroll, thus obtaining the services of trained horses and buffaloes, as well as authentic cowboys and Indians and real props. He also acquired nearly 20,000 acres of land on which to shoot" (p.597 ff).
