File:Masque of the Red Death (screenshot).jpg

The grim procession. The Masque of the Red Death, motion picture by Roger Corman, 1964.

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1. . it is a screenshot from a historically significant film;
2. . it is of much lower resolution than the original (copies made from it will be of very inferior quality);
3. . the photo is only being used for informational purposes.
4. . Its inclusion in the article adds significantly to the article as an iconic representation of the role of a fictional disease as a critical plot element.

1. . it is a screenshot from a historically significant film;
2. . it is of much lower resolution than the original (copies made from it will be of very inferior quality);
3. . the photo is only being used for informational purposes.
4. . Its inclusion in the article adds significantly to the article because, as detailed in the article's text, it is the major plot element, which is that the corrupt Satanist Prince Prospero invites several dozen of the local nobility to his castle for protection against an oncoming plague, the Red Death, of the movie.

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