This is a rare advertising handbill (flyer) promoting the one-week, Post-Broadway engagement of the MAXWELL ANDERSON play "KEY LARGO" at Ford's Theatre in Baltimore, Maryland beginning March 4th, 1940. (The production opened November 27th, 1939 at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre in New York City and ran for 105 performances before going on the road.) ..... The play starred PAUL MUNI (shown in the cover photo) and featured JOSEPH PEVNEY, CRAHAN DENTON, JAMES GREGORY, WILLIAM CHALLEE, RALPH THEADORE, CHARLES ELLIS, HELEN BEVERLEY, TOM EWELL, RICHARD COWDERY, FREDERIC TOZERE, KARL MALDEN, VICKI HANNELIN, RUTH MARCH, GOLDIE HANNELIN, ERNEST WOODWARD, ETHEL JACKSON, RICHARD BARBEE, WILLIAM C. HALL, JOHN FEARNLEY, NORMA MILLAY, HELEN CARROLL, AVERELL HARRIS and JASON GREGG ..... CREDITS: Book by MAXWELL ANDERSON; Sets designed by JO MIELZINER; Costumes designed by HELENE PONS; Directed by GUTHRIE McCLINTIC; Produced by THE PLAYWRIGHTS' COMPANY (Maxwell Anderson, S. N. Behrman, Elmer Rice and Robert E. Sherwood) ..... DETAILS: Advertising handbills (heralds) were distributed or inserted into the playbills of other productions to help generate ticket sales for upcoming shows and events. This single page, two-sided handbill measures 6" X 8" inches and includes production credits on the front, excerpts from several New York reviews on the backside and photos of PAUL MUNI on both sides ..... CONDITION: With the exception of light creasing and minor edge wear, this flyer is in excellent condition and will make a wonderful addition to the collection of any theatre aficionado or historian. This item will be carefully packaged in a protective, carded sleeve and backed by stiff cardboard.