This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 7/27/2019
The Octoroon. Kalem, 1913. One sheet (41 x 27”). Color lithograph poster for the silent film based on Dion Boucicault’s play, on the story of a young man returning to New Orleans after the Civil War who falls in love with an “octoroon,” or a woman who is one-eighth black. This poster for the part entitled “The Indian Tells His Story.” Folded as issued, well preserved overall with scattered tears and losses at edges, a few tape repairs and holes in image. Rare.