Trade advertisement

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Trade advertisement for the 1945 film Caesar & Cleopatra
Trade advertisement for the 1945 film Caesar & Cleopatra

A Trade advertisement is a colorful poster aimed at cinema managers in the 1930's and 1940's, which were either slipped in, or part of, the weekly film trade journals which were available to them by subscription but were not sold to the general public. The large size Trade advertisements are about the size of US half sheet posters and have a centre fold which is usually hard to discern when flat. Most were designed to be pulled out, and some were attached by staples. Most have the date in tiny letters in one of the top corners.