Alvan Cordell "Hap" Hadley (March 16, 1895,
Findlay,
Illinois – August 4, 1976,
Los Angeles,
California) was an American artist specializing in
pen and ink representations of popular subjects. He created
posters for various films, including
Buster Keaton's
The General (1926) and
Charlie Chaplin's
The Circus (1928), as well as promotional posters for the
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus and billboards for
Roy Rogers. A movie poster of
The General was sold by
Christie's East on December 5, 1994, for $46,000.