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Trooper of Troop K movie poster, 1917

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Original – A movie poster for The Trooper of Troop K, a historic film from 1917
Alternate – Restored and sharpened version
Reason
Image is an archival-quality scan at high resolution. It is a primary illustration of the historic, near-lost film that the poster advertises. The colors and composition are appealing.
Articles in which this image appears
The Trooper of Troop K, Lincoln Motion Picture Company
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Entertainment
Creator
Lincoln Motion Picture Company, poster signed "Morgan"
Indeed, around 75% of films from this era are lost. Jno.skinner (talk) 05:09, 11 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I mean, it's kinda blurry at full resolution. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.3% of all FPs. Currently celebrating his 600th FP! 00:48, 12 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support – For historical importance. But does The Trooper of Troop K really need its own separate article? With the exception of By Right of Birth, which survives, the articles on the lost films listed in Lincoln Motion Picture Company are all short stubs. Perhaps it would be better if they were rolled into the main article on the company itself, which is also pretty short. They could always be split out again if more information ever turned up (unlikely, given the poor documentation of most films in the silent era, and race films in particular). Choliamb (talk) 01:17, 12 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose on scan quality. Image is blurrier than one would expect for a scanned poster at full resolution (seems to have been upsampled; no quality is lost by viewing the image at 75% size) and a digital restoration feels needed. I'm of the opinion that the article itself is likely fine on its own; contemporary coverage would likely be sufficient to expand the article. I know I relied heavily on contemporary sources when writing about other lost films.  — Chris Woodrich (talk) 11:02, 20 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • I uploaded a restored and sharpened version (Alternate). Pinging the nominator and participants who had quality concerns for a second look. @Jno.skinner, Adam Cuerden, and Crisco 1492:. My vote is Conditional support if the quality concerns are allayed. I also added the image to the production company's article: [1]. Bammesk (talk) 03:33, 21 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Wow, thank you! I replaced the file used in the article about the movie with your improved version. Jno.skinner (talk) 04:56, 21 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support – Nice job on the restoration. Reodorant (talk) 08:42, 22 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak support ALT - That's quite an improvement! Overall the sharpening is done well, but the text beginning "a thrilling picturization" is slightly oversharpened. The area over the Morgan logo also looks like the poster was off the glass when scanning (note the discoloration and slight warp on the text). That being said, the scan is massively improved over what it was, and (as my editing history would suggest) I'm a sucker for film history.  — Chris Woodrich (talk) 01:39, 23 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
About oversharpening in "thrilling.....", FWIW there is no spot sharpening. I applied the same sharpening to the entire image in one step or edit. Thanks for the review and happy holidays. Bammesk (talk) 01:52, 23 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 10:12, 24 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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