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Long Australian Daybill theatrical movie poster for the 1928 American silent comedy film Anybody Here Seen Kelly?. Film Details & Context Director: Directed by legendary filmmaker William Wyler. Notably, this was the first non-Western film of his career.Lead Cast: Stars Tom Moore and Bessie Love. This production marked Bessie Love's final silent film before Hollywood fully transitioned to sound.Plot: A comedy tracking a French girl who falls in love with an American soldier during World War I. After the war, she travels across the Atlantic to New York City to track him down, only to discover he is working as a local traffic cop.Song Inspiration: The film's title and premise are directly inspired by the popular 1908 British music hall and American vaudeville hit song "Has Anybody Here Seen Kelly?". Preservation Status: Anybody Here Seen Kelly? is currently classified as a lost film, meaning no known film prints are preserved in any public or studio archives. Because the footage itself is missing, surviving promotional material like this large vintage poster is exceptionally rare and highly collectible for film historians. |
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