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Big White Fog

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Original - In 1937, Theodore Ward wrote his controversial play Big White Fog. This 1938 poster depicts a man trapped in a fog extending from a hut in Africa to a big city.
Reason
Clean scan of a graphically eye-catching image with very good encyclopedic value. Unrestored version: File:Big White Fog - original.jpg.
Articles in which this image appears
Big White Fog, Theodore Ward
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre
Creator
Works Progress Administration, restored by Jujutacular
  • Support as nominator --Jujutacular T · C 06:26, 19 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. Excellent restoration, plenty of EV. NauticaShades 09:46, 19 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment: Judging by the black/white border above the "sponsored by", the image seems to need slight tilt correction clockwise. I don't know if that judgement is true or not though, if that is how it is in the original poster. SpencerT♦Nominate! 03:18, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment': How did this Chicago theatre group find out about the design of the Sears Tower 30 years before it was built? It might be useful to find out what this building is supposed to be. The article about the play can't even inform us about why it was controversial so I am not too hopeful. 75.41.110.200 (talk) 17:07, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • oppose changed to neutral Teofilo talk 23:43, 24 June 2010 (UTC)) All keywords written on the poster have not been explained yet. Wikipedia is a project diffusing knowledge. At present much of what Wikipedia is diffusing concerning this poster is ignorance. We ignore who Kay Ewing is. We ignore where this International House Theatre is located. Where is this "Fairfax" ? Fairfax is a disambiguation page and there seem to be so many possibilities. However this poster could be a good featured candidate in the future when the above mysteries have been elucidated. Perhaps it could be interesting to expand in the article why the play was "controversial" (as the above caption is saying). Teofilo talk 06:04, 23 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    • International House Theatre-->Housing_at_the_University_of_Chicago#International_House. Kay Ewing is the director of the play. There is no information about the "Fairfax 8200", but a quick Internet search hints at it being a neighborhood in Chicago, although I am not sure. In addition, I'm not sure how your "oppose" lines up with the Wikipedia:Featured picture criteria, as actually one of the criteria is "It illustrates the subject in a compelling way, making the viewer want to know more." which seems to be true in this case. SpencerT♦Nominate! 21:09, 23 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
      • "Fairfax 8200" is the phone number. Fairfax is 324 [1] 75.41.110.200 (talk) 01:03, 24 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
      • I think it means "Wikipedia has (must have) more to say for people who want to know more" rather than "Readers who want to know more are requested to search for information elswhere". I checked with this link showing that the Chicago University International House is still located "1414 East 59th Street, Chicago". I think checking this kind of things is important. As it belongs to a group that toured the entire United States and even Europe, that poster was not necessarily that of a theatre in Chicago. Until this was checked, it was fair to assume that it could have been a theatre in Fairfax, Virginia, as the word "Chicago" is not written anywhere on the poster. I change my "oppose" into "neutral" or "weak support". Was there a theatre building there which was knocked down later, or is it a multipurpose centre where theatre plays happened to be played ? Is the same venue still used for theatre today ? My google searches don't seem to provide many results for "international house" + "Chicago university" + "theatre". Judging from what I read on this link, their main venue for performing arts today is called "Assembly hall". I wonder if this is the former "Theatre" whose name was changed or an entirely different building. Teofilo talk 23:54, 24 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support per nom. Superb EV. Spikebrennan (talk) 15:38, 25 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Adam Cuerden (talk) 15:25, 28 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

5 S, 1 N -> Promoted File:Big White Fog.jpg --Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 16:48, 28 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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