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A pair of promotional postcards for the 1923 silent film, The Fires of Fate, including:
“Mr Lewis Waller as “Col Cyril Egerton in “The Fires of Fate”. [England: Foulsham & Banfield, 1923]. RPPC (“Rotary Photographic Series”) depicting Waller laying on the ground. Approximately 3 ½ x 5 ¼”. Unused. -- “New Theatre, Oxford… Mr. Vedrenne’s Company in The Fires of Fate by Arthur Conan Doyle…” Color lithographed image of Waller being menaced by three men in desert costume on front, text on verso. Approximately 3 ½ x 5 ½”. Unused. Offered with The Pictorial Play, Vol XIV, #84 issue of this monthly film magazine, with cover image from The Fires of Fate, with several images from the film. Rare promotional postcards for this silent film, based on Doyle’s novel, The Tragedy of the Korosko (1897).