RafalFett
Sr Member
Tombstone's Holy Trinity of Paper Props:

This craze started after my post in this thread ==> tombstone Bird Cage Theater Prop Program. At that time I did a bit of research and found some of the sewing machines from the back cover and the dancing couple on the front cover of the theater program. Then I heard about John Farkis' book, The Making of Tombstone and found through Google Books the photos with the No Guns Ordinance and the Bird Cage Theatre Program. To my surprise, the book also say the following regarding the theater program:
This led me to the craze for making the ultimate reproduction of the theater program (except the originals). But we will talk about this in the next post.
The No Guns Ordinance was an easy/medium job, especially because I had the full photo of the poster, but also in the movie we have a close-up shot of 1/3rd of the poster. I found all the correct fonts and all the design elements (from design books found on archive.org; as vectors or parts of a font) and here's what I got in the end:

This should print at 300 x 469 mm.
The next prop was the My Friend Doc Holliday book cover. Gladly, there is a great close-up shot of the front cover, but a blurry shot of the back:

Except the fonts and some of the central design elements, I had to vectorize or redraw the rest of the cover. The back is a reinterpretation in lack of info and I took a quote from Virgil Earp to complete the book cover:

This should be printed at 285 x 210 mm when open.
In the next post I will cover the Bird Cage Theatre program.



This craze started after my post in this thread ==> tombstone Bird Cage Theater Prop Program. At that time I did a bit of research and found some of the sewing machines from the back cover and the dancing couple on the front cover of the theater program. Then I heard about John Farkis' book, The Making of Tombstone and found through Google Books the photos with the No Guns Ordinance and the Bird Cage Theatre Program. To my surprise, the book also say the following regarding the theater program:
Even though it is only seen on the screen for a second, a great deal of effort went into creating an eight-page prop program for the evening’s show.
Titled Pinafore on Wheels Presents the Pauline Markham Pinnafore Troupe, the presentation consisted of three performances: “Prof. Gillman and his
Ballet of Gravity,” “Selections from the Bard by Mr. Romulus Fabian Tragedian in Excelsis” and “Faust—Or the Devil’s Bargain.” The meticulously
detailed program featured advertisements for such periodcorrect products as Robert Bacon cigars, Dr. Price’s Cream baking powder and Magic Starch,
as well as a full-page ad for an “Improved High Arm Sewing Machine.” Apparently, a three-act, six-scene play was also planned for the evening
as a list of the stage show’s “actors” and the characters they played was included in the program, which even contained a plan of theater
exits in the event of a fire. In all, it was quite a brochure for something that no one would ever see.
This led me to the craze for making the ultimate reproduction of the theater program (except the originals). But we will talk about this in the next post.
The No Guns Ordinance was an easy/medium job, especially because I had the full photo of the poster, but also in the movie we have a close-up shot of 1/3rd of the poster. I found all the correct fonts and all the design elements (from design books found on archive.org; as vectors or parts of a font) and here's what I got in the end:

This should print at 300 x 469 mm.
The next prop was the My Friend Doc Holliday book cover. Gladly, there is a great close-up shot of the front cover, but a blurry shot of the back:


Except the fonts and some of the central design elements, I had to vectorize or redraw the rest of the cover. The back is a reinterpretation in lack of info and I took a quote from Virgil Earp to complete the book cover:

This should be printed at 285 x 210 mm when open.
In the next post I will cover the Bird Cage Theatre program.
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